Caen Gallery

Major John Howard DSO

Major John Howard DSO,1912-1999, who led a glider-borne assault on two bridges between Benouville and Ranville in Normandy, France, codenamed Operation Deadstick, on 6 June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings during the Second World War. These bridges spanned the Caen Canal and the adjacent River Orne (about 500 yards to the east), and were vitally important to the success of the D-Day landings. Since the war the bridge over the canal has become known as Pegasus Bridge, as a tribute to the men who captured it. The original Pegasus Bridge is in the background of the picture. It has now been replaced. First published Saga Magazine 1992 Date: 1992

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

Church of St Stephen, Caen

The Abbey of Saint-ɴienne (Saint Stephen), also known as the Abbaye aux Hommes, in Caen, Normandy, France. Built during the 11th Century, it was founded by William the Conqueror, and he was originally buried there

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Abbaye, Abbey, Caen, Church, Conqueror, Etienne, France, Historical, History, Hommes, Normandy, Stephen, William

Suzanne Desprez, 1908 (oil on board)

XIR352370 Suzanne Desprez, 1908 (oil on board) by Vuillard, Edouard (1868-1940); 50.2 x 60.3 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France; (add.info.: Portrait of the celebrated French actress, Suzanne Desprez (1873-1951), wife of the theatre director, Aurelien Lugne-Poe (1869-1940), friend of Vuillard and closely associated with the Nabis artistic movement;); French, out of copyright.
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© Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France / Bridgeman Images