Ste. Mere Eglise. Sainte-Mère-Église, France. A map of the Second World War. In the early morning of 6 June 1944 mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Operation Boston, giving it the claim to be one of the first towns liberated in the invasion. . France 1:25,000 Defences, Bigot. [London] : War Office, 1944. Source: Maps 14317.(259.) 31/18 NE.
Ste. Mere Eglise. Sainte-Mère-Église, France. A map of the Second World War. In the early morning of 6 June 1944 mixed units of the U.S. 82nd Airborne and U.S. 101st Airborne Divisions occupied the town in Operation Boston, giving it the claim to be one of the first towns liberated in the invasion. . France 1:25,000 Defences, Bigot. [London] : War Office, 1944. Source: Maps 14317.(259.) 31/18 NE.