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Bayeux

City

Norman town, one of the first freed after D-Day, where de Gaulle spoke on 14 June 1944.

View on map 49.28° N, 0.70° W Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – May 23, 1808 France de facto
October 14, 1808 – April 12, 1814 France de facto
May 30, 1814 – June 21, 1940 France de facto
June 18, 1940 – June 5, 1944 Germany de facto Military occupation
since August 25, 1944 France de facto

Capital of

June 1, 1944 – September 1, 1944 France