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Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an and an of the Port-Cros National Park.
The is a prehistoric dolmen located 300m inland.
Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during
Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an and an of the Port-Cros National Park.
History
The is a prehistoric dolmen located 300m inland.
Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
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Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''.
References
Populated coastal places in France {{Tourism-stub