Tank, Utah beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Normandy, France

Tank and monument at Koufra Beach, marking the starting point of the Way of the 2nd Armoured Division, inaugurated July 25th 2004 at the site of the landing of the Leclerc Division on French soil on August 1st, 1944, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. This forms part of the Liberty Road, or Voie de la Liberte, linking Utah beach to Sainte-Mere l'Eglise and then to Bastogne in Belgium, celebrating the Liberation of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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© Manuel Cohen

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