1944. Baixa Normandia (France). 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade in Normandy.

The Belgian Brigade participated in Operation Paddle from 17 August with British and Dutch (Prinses Irene Brigade) troops of the 6th Airborne Division. Merville-Franceville-Plage was liberated in the evening, Varaville on 20 August. The Brigade's armoured vehicles were detached to assist British units. Dives-sur-Mer and Cabourg were taken on the morning of 21 August and Houlgate in the afternoon. The Brigade took Villers-sur-Mer and Deauville on 22 August, and Trouville-sur-Mer and Honfleur at the mouth of the Seine on the 24th.

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1944. Mont de Marsan (France). Liberation of the town during the Second World War.

The fighting for the liberation of the city took place in St. Pierre du Mont, near Mont de Marsan.

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1860. Reggio Calabria (Italy). The battle of Reggio Calabria or battle of Piazza Duomo.

It is an episode that pitted the Garibaldi's forces of the Expedition of the Thousand (or red shirts), to the army of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and concludes with the defeat of the Bourbon troops.

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