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T 57K at the Normandy liberation beaches

February 27th, 2019
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At Longues sur Mer

In July 2018, I had the pleasure to visit the Normandy beaches where the liberation of Europe started on D-day 1944.  With the T57K, we visited quite some sites. There are several museums in the area about the Atlantic wall, D-day, its logistics, the liberation of Normany etc etc.  It is a recommended visit.
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T57K visits Normandy

February 21st, 2019
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Just months before D-Day:  T57K in Martin de Fresnay spring 1944

and in July 2018.

I*n the summer of 2018 your editor visited France with the T 57K. Somehow, in the war days, the German occupiers in France used a lot of T 57k’s. One T 57K was spotted in St Martin de Fresnay, in Normandy. After D-Day, the [...]

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