Cross of Lorraine, Courseulles-sur-Mer
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D-Day Canadian Heritage: Juno Beach
3 attractions · 3h 51min · transit route
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About Cross of Lorraine
This 18-meter stainless steel cross marks the exact spot where General Charles de Gaulle first set foot on liberated French soil on June 14, 1944, eight days after D-Day. After four years of exile, de Gaulle crossed the English Channel aboard the destroyer La Combattante and landed on this beach between Courseulles-sur-Mer and Graye-sur-Mer. The monument was erected in 1990 to commemorate the centenary of de Gaulle's birth and inaugurated by his son, Admiral Philippe de Gaulle.
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The Cross of Lorraine symbol was adopted by the Free French forces on July 1, 1940, just eleven days after France's surrender. Vice-Admiral Émile Muselier proposed it to de Gaulle as a counter-symbol to the Nazi swastika, choosing it partly because de Gaulle's former tank regiment had the cross in its coat of arms.
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D-Day Canadian Heritage: Juno Beach
Courseulles-sur-Mer
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