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    The Brécourt Manor Assault (6 June 1944) during the U.S. parachute assault of the Normandy Invasion of World War II is often cited as a classic example...
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    Brécourt was a Nazi Germany V-1 launching pad in Équeurdreville-Hainneville near Cherbourg, in Manche of Normandy, northern France. It was by far the largest...
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    Distinguished Service Cross for his successful command of the assault on Brécourt Manor during the invasion of Normandy. His exploits were featured within...
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    Château de Brécourt is a 17th-century château surrounded by a moat, located in a large forest park, between Vernon and Douains (formerly Brécourt) in the...
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  • grocery store. The marriage didn't last long. Brécourt was very demanding, and after a while, Gras left. Brécourt went back to the baroness for a while and...
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    Guarnere also joined Winters in assaulting a group of four 105 mm guns at Brécourt Manor. Winters named Guarnere as 2nd platoon's sergeant as the 13 paratroopers...
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    was given the task of silencing an artillery battery at the estate of Brécourt Manor, half a mile (1 km) north of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and three and a...
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    "little Beaulieu". Shortly after, he took the pseudonym Brécourt, the name of the former hotel Brécourt that his father owned in joint possession in Paris...
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    The Battle of Brécourt or Battle of Vernon took place on 13–14 July 1793 between the National Convention and the federalists during the Federalist revolts...
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  • Bell, the "Queen of London whoredom" Theresa Berkeley, dominatrix Jeanne Brécourt, born 1837, one of France's most notorious courtesans Julia Bulette, American...
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