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Denmead celebrates 1944
During the approach to D-Day, Allied troops under US General Eisenhower were concealed in the woods to the west of Denmead, preparing for embarkation to Normandy. The British Government went to great lengths to disguise the size of our forces and to convince the Nazis that the invasion of Europe would be launched from Dover.
By reverse co-incidence, adjacent Waterlooville was the place where British soldiers halted in 1815 on their return from France, having defeated Napoleon: some went no further and settled permanently in the area.
Image: © Clare Burke
Taken: 6 Jun 2024
0.06 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (232)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.11 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (116)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.11 miles
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Hambledon Road and Denmead boundary sign
Image: © Colin Pyle
Taken: 11 Aug 2012
0.11 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (163)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.11 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (127)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.11 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (121)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history: Juno was one of the Normandy beaches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Beach
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.11 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (143)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.12 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (144)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.12 miles
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2012 Solent Overlord (162)
Taken on a site just below the eastern end of Forest Road in Denmead, this is the 35th staging of a spectacular homage to perhaps the most crucial military operation in world history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Day
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 3 Jun 2012
0.12 miles