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Sword Beach
Normandy · France
The short version, from the cited sources
Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord.
- Country
- France (FR)
- Region
- Europe
- Coast
- On the Baie de la Seine
- Administrative area
- Normandy
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
- Source family
- GeoNames
- Source updated
- 2016-02-18
Names in the record
Sword Beach
- Pantai Sword
- Playa de Sword
- Plaza Sword
- Plaża Sword
- Pljazh Sord
- cuvart katarkarai
- Плацдарм «Сорд»
- Пляж Сорд
- சுவார்ட் கடற்கரை
- ソード・ビーチ
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Source position
49.31667, -0.33333
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Sources behind this record
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- GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗
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