The Kieffer Commandos Monument in Ouistreham, France was one of many D-Day sites I visited in 2019 on my tour of Normandy. It took a bit of time to find because Google's directions to Sword Beach wanted to take me a bit offshore, but that was a good excuse to a bit of a walk along the beach.

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Sword Beach, 06/06/1944, D-Day.
🇫🇷 Les corps de soldats britanniques reposent sur le secteur de plage Queen face au point d'appui allemand Wn 20 surnommé "Cod".
🇬🇧 The bodies of British soldiers lie on the Queen beach area in front of the German Wn 20 strongpoint nicknamed "Cod".

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