Cutting The Peninsula - NO SOUND

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Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics

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(22 Jun 1944) In France the Allies are consolidating their positions and driving inland to secure the Cherbourg peninsular. Airborne divisions, using gliders, have landed behind enemy lines. The RAF have blasted Le Havre. The Free French leader, General de Gaulle has returned to France and received a tremendous welcome from the people of Bayeaux. Ten days after the landings the King went to France where he toured positions with General Montgomery.

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