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Encyclopedia > Chouain

Chouain is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse_Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14250. The INSEE code is 14159.


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Chouain-JĂ©rusalem British cemetery (62 words)
ith its 47 graves, Chouain is the smallest British cemetery in Normandy.
Most of the soldiers buried here were killed in the early stages of the battle of Tilly-sur-Seulles, near Chouain brook.
After being temporarily interred in the hamlet of JĂ©rusalem, their remains were transferred to a site near Belval farm, where some of their comrades had already been laid to rest.
Chouain in Normandy 1944 (186 words)
Facing them, a German Infantry regiment that cannot stop the bulk of the British tanks; in the evening the British are close to Tilly-sur-Seulles and Chouain is liberated.
Chouain is taken back by the panzers, but the duel of the tanks turns finally to the advantage of the Allied forces and the Germans have to retreat on Tilly-sur-Seulles.
46 British soldiers and 1 Czech soldier are buried there; they were killed at Chouain in the first days of the Landing.
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