Orne River

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Orne River

River, northwestern France. It is 94 mi (152 km) long and flows through the Orne and Calvados departments past Caen into the English Channel. Its bridges were seized by the Allied forces during the World War II Normandy Campaign in June 1944.

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No references found			Each of the landing beaches in the 50 miles of coast between the Cotentin Peninsula and the Orne River had been given a codename. D-DAY REMEMBERED: First step in the liberation of Europe; D-DAY JUNE ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) Six days later, somewhere near the Orne river, Bill Millin found the prophecy of his speywife lover, Fiona coming true. The explosion hit my back ... it took my breath away by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Ormerod, Eleanor Anne Ormoc ormolu ormolu varnish Ormond Beach Ormonde, James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke Ormonde, James Butler, 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormonde, James Butler, 2d duke of Ormonde, James Butler, 5th earl of Ormonde, Thomas Butler, 10th earl of Ormskirk Ormulum Ormuz Ormuzd Ormyridae Ornament ornamental cast iron ornamental facing ornamental ironwork Ironwork Ornamental Plants ornamental plaster Ornamentation Ornan ornate Orne Orne River Orneodidae Ornithine Ornithine Cycle Ornithischia ornithischian Ornithochory Ornithodoros Ornithofauna Ornithogalum Ornithology Ornithomimus Ornithophily Ornithopoda Ornithopter Ornithopus Ornithorhynchidae Ornithosis Ornithosuchus Ornstein, Leo Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process Orobanche Orobus Orochi Orochony orocline			ornamenter ornamenting ornamenting ornamenting ornamentist ornaments ornaments ornaments Ornan Ornan ORNAP ornare ornare ornare ornate ornate ornate Ornate Rune Blade ornately ornately ornately ornateness ornateness ornateness Ornature ornatus ORNC ORNCC Orne Orne Orne River Orne River, Normandy ORNEC Orneodidae ornerier ornerier orneriest orneriest orneriness orneriness ornery ornery Ornette Coleman ORNG ORNH Ornidazole Ornidyl ORNIM ornis Orniscopy Ornish diet Ornish regimen ornith- ornithic ornithic Ornithichnite Ornithichnology ornithine ornithine ornithine ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate

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