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The incredible glider borne assault on the bridges across the Orne just after midnight resulted in the liberation of the adjoining town of Ranville.
Ranville has the "First liberated town of France" plaque which reads (in part) first town of France to be liberated on 6 June 1944 at 2:30 a. m. by the 13th Lancashire battalion, the Parachute regiment.
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