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Trip Planner :  Europe  /  France  /  Normandy  /  Basse-Normandie  /  Calvados  /  Falaise

Falaise

4.3
Castles · History Museums · Specialty Museums
Falaise is a town (population 9,000) on the Ante River in the French region of Lower Normandy, famous as the birthplace of William the Conquerer and the scene of the fierce fighting of August 1944 associated with the Allied "breakout" from the "Falaise pocket" that built up after the D-Day landings, to drive towards Paris during the Western campaign against the German occupation.

In August 1944, two German armies were encircled and destroyed by the British 2nd Army in their attempt to breakout of the "Falaise pocket" (also known as the "Falaise gap"). Some 10,000 German troops were killed and 50,000 taken prisoner. Two-thirds of Falaise was destroyed by Allied bombing before the town was eventually taken by Canadian and Polish troops. Falaise was largely restored after the war. Plan the details of your Falaise holiday and any onward adventuring with our easy-to-use France online trip itinerary builder.
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    • Falaise Memorial
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    • Chateau Guillaume-le-Conquerant
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    • Cerza, Hermival-les-Vaux
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    • Centre Historique de Beuvron-En-Auge, Beuvron-en-Auge
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    • Jardin Interieur a Ciel Ouvert, Athis-de-l'Orne
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    • Chateau de Vendeuvre, Vendeuvre
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    • Chateau de Saint-Germain-de-Livet, Ville de Lisieux
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    • Jardins du Chateau de Canon, Mezidon-Canon
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    • Cathedrale Saint-Pierre de Lisieux, Ville de Lisieux
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    • Abbey of Bec-Hellouin, Le Bec-Hellouin
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    • Cimetiere Militaire Americain de Saint-James, Saint James
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    • Zoo de Jurques, Jurques
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    • Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux
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    • Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Banneville-la-Campagne
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    • Domaine Dupont, Victot-Pontfol
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    • Chateau of Carrouges, Carrouges
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    • Eglise Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
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    • Calvados Pierre Huet, Cambremer
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    • Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Sees, Sees
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    • Les Buissonnets, Ville de Lisieux
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    Chateau Guillaume-le-Conquerant ©
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