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South West England

Countess Wear Bridges

South West England

Countess Wear Bridges

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Countess Wear Bridges

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Placering: Exminster, Teignbridge, Devon, South West England, England, Storbritannien

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14. juni 2023

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Countess Wear Bridges are two bridges in Exeter, Devon that cross the River Exe and the Exeter Ship Canal. They have a D-Day connection because they were used for military training by British paratroops prior to the Normandy landings in 1944. The bridges were chosen because they resembled two bridges in France that were part of the Operation Deadstick, a daring mission to capture and hold the crossings over the Caen Canal and River Orne. The training involved rehearsing different scenarios and tactics in case the plan went wrong on D-Day.

20. oktober 2022

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Memorial plaque at the bridge reads

"In May 1944, these bridges played an important part in the preparations for D-Day. They were used over a period of three days and nights, for rehearsals of the famous and crucial glider borne attack on the bridge over the Canal de Caen (Pegasus Bridge) and the River Orne (Horsa Bridge), by the Second Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, on the night 5/6 June 1944."

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Very busy main road but well provided with cycle paths so no need use the road.

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Højdemeter 60 m

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7°C

93 %

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It’s set to rain on your activity. Pack a waterproof jacket.

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Placering: Exminster, Teignbridge, Devon, South West England, England, Storbritannien

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