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LE POMMIER €
( 02 31 21 52 10;
www.restaurantlepommier.com
;
38-40 rue des Cuisiniers; menus
€14-35; closed Sun Nov-Mar & mid-Dec-mid-Jan)
Specialities at this smart res-
taurant include fillet of roast duck,
filet mignon de porc
and a varied selection of
imaginative French dishes made with fresh Norman products, including rare heir-
loom vegetables.
Traditional French
Information
Tourist office
( 02 31 51 28 28;
www.bayeux-bessin-tourism.com
; pont St-Jean;
9.30am-12.30pm & 2-6pm)
Covers both Bayeux and the surrounding Bessin region, including
the D-Day beaches.
Getting There & Away
TRAIN
Destinations from Bayeux:
Caen
€6, 20 minutes, hourly Monday to Saturday, eight Sunday
Cherbourg
€15.50, one hour, 14 daily Monday to Friday, three to five on weekends
Coutances
€12, 50 minutes, eight daily Monday to Saturday, four Sunday
Pontorson Mont St-Michel
€21, 1¾ hours, two or three direct daily
D-Day Beaches
Code-named 'Operation Overlord', the D-Day landings were the largest military op-
eration in history. On the morning of 6 June 1944, swarms of landing craft - part of
an armada of over 6000 ships and boats - hit the northern Normandy beaches and
tens of thousands of soldiers from the USA, the UK, Canada and elsewhere began
pouring onto French soil.
The majority of the 135,000 Allied troops stormed ashore along an 80km stretch
of beaches north of Bayeux code-named (from west to east) Utah, Omaha, Gold,
Juno and Sword. The landings on D-Day - known as 'Jour J' in French - were fol-
lowed by the 76-day Battle of Normandy, during which the Allies suffered some
210,000 casualties, including 37,000 troops that were killed. German casualties are
believed to have been around 200,000; another 200,000 German soldiers were
taken prisoner. About 14,000 French civilians also died.
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