Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (other)
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont may refer to several communes in France: *Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados, in the Calvados ''département'' *Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Landes Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (; oc-gsc, Sent Pèr deu Mont) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of t ..., in the Landes ''département'' * Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Nièvre, in the Nièvre ''département'' {{geodis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. History World War II During World War II, the area was heavily bombarded on several occasions during May and early June 1944 by Allied bombers, attacking German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall just north of the commune along the coast. Saint-Pierre-du-Mont was liberated by American Ranger forces on 7 June 1944 after moving inland from Pointe du Hoc. The area north of the commune was used by the United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ... as a combat airfield, known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-1" ( Saint-Pierre-du-Mont). The airfield was used between early June and September 1944. It was abandoned after the Ameri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Landes
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (; oc-gsc, Sent Pèr deu Mont) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |