RIVA-BELLA

White painted Beach Huts on a sandy beach.  This scene would have looked entirely different on the morning of 6 June 1944. This beach near Ouistreham was one of the landing zones for British troops on D-Day.  Codenamed 'Sword'.

Riva-Bella, Ouistreham, Normandy, France.

From my 'The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget' Project, 1998-2002.

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