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Cotentin

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Co·ten·tin  (k-tä-t)
A peninsula of northwest France extending into the English Channel east of the Channel Islands. It was the scene of heavy fighting after the Allied invasion in June 1944.
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By June 11, the Allies had secured the Cotentin Peninsula beyond Cherbourg but progress continued slowly as the Germans put up fierce resistance.
1944: D-Day landings by Allies in Normandy by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
You could count the number of humpback sightings off France over the past two centuries on your fingers," said Gerard Muger, of the Cotentin Whale Studies Group in Normandy.
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