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Route description: Normandy landing memorial line + low-key and meaningful play at Ouistreham + experience the battle in Normandy Sword beach OuistrehamA town in the Calvados department of France, belonging to the Caen district. The town has a total area of ​​9.95 square kilometers and a population of 9,352 in 2009. Westram is the closest seaport to Caen city.Westram is known as the "Pearl of the Normandy Coast" because of its huge sandy beaches and leisure activities and venues.Fishing boats return to port every day to provide a steady supply of fresh goods to the seafood market.Moreover, Westram is also a place full of history, home to the Commando 4 Museum and the Atlantic Walls Museum. These ruins allow us to more intuitively feel the spectacle of the Normandy landings in World War II. Landing at Sword beachSword Beach was one of the five beaches attacked by the Allied forces during the famous Normandy landings in 1944. The other four were Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach, and Utah Beach.Ouistreham, adjacent to the Orne estuary, is the easternmost beach among the five beachfronts of "Operation Overlord", while Caen, the shipping center of northern France, Located just 9 miles south of the beach.The British troops who landed from the east of Jiantan quickly defeated the firepower of the German light infantry after seizing the beach, and in the afternoon they joined up with the paratroopers who had previously airborne inland. However, the British troops landing from the west of Sword Beach encountered stubborn resistance from the German 21st Division tank troops and were unable to successfully join the Canadian troops landing at Juno Beach. The two sides fought fiercely until after dusk, and the Allies succeeded in repelling the German armored forces.Of the 29,000 British troops who landed that day, there were only 630 casualties.

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