Route Cobra - the breakout
Cobra-la Percée (the Breaktout) is starting in Cherbourg and ending in Avranches.
Eight itineraries in chronological sequence clearly signposted “Normandie Terre – Liberté” through whole Normandy. See an example at the beginning of this small video.
It enables the visitor to discover these history-packed places and follow the unfolding of this huge battle in the first 80 days of the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.
01. Cherbourg
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02. Valognes
https://www.backtonormandy.org/objective-a-port/3469-08-valognes.html
03. Mont Castré
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04. Néhou
In the commune Néhou you find an exposition of Patton Adress: Mairie 50 390 NEHOU. The exhibition is entirely dedicated to one of the most famous generals of World War II: General George Patton. He was an exceptional person and the founder of the exhibition wanted to contribute to the prestige of this illustrious man has a museum area in Normandy. The route and takes you from his birth in 1885 until the end of the Second World War.
05. La Haye-du-Puits
06. Périers
07. La Chapelle-en-Juger
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08. Coutance
American armored and infantry forces pass through the battered town of Coutances, France, in the new offensive against the Nazis. Signal Corps Photo ETO-HQ-44-9257
09. Roncey
10. Avranches
Avranche.Le Musée d'Art et d'Histoire. Address: Place Jean de Saint-Avit, 50300 Avranches, France
