page_title: Lion-sur-Mer
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Lion-sur-Mer / History
caption_attribution_description: English: D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Universal Carriers of 2nd Middlesex Regiment (3rd Division's MG battalion) pass a Churchill AVRE of 77th Assault Squadron, 5th Assault Regiment, in La Brèche d'Hermanville, 6 June 1944.
context_page_description: Lion-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
context_section_description: 6 June 1944 : The D-Day of the Battle of Normandy during World War II. British soldiers landed on the beach of Lion-sur-Mer which was a part of the Sword Beach sector.
caption: British soldiers passing through Lion-sur-Mer.
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