Lieutenant George Lane is in big trouble. His waterlogged Sten gun has jammed, and bullets from German rifles and MP40s are flying all around him. He is hiding in the surf next to beach obstacles made of thin iron girders. The Nazis are shooting blindly into the darkness while Lane and Captain Roy Wooldridge, an expert in mines, desperately seek cover. It’s May 17, 1944, Ault, northern France, two hours after midnight, three weeks before D-Day.
Something has spooked the Germans, and Lane doesn’t know whether they have been discovered and the mission compromised, or the bored guards are now simply letting off steam. He does know that if they are taken prisoner, it will mean almost certain death. Adolf Hitler’s 1942
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The Seine starts its life at Source-Seine, 18 miles north-west of Dijon, gives Paris its raison dâetre, and then meanders north, with many loops along the way to its estuary on the English Channel at Le Havre. Over 482 miles it touches the French countryside, passes through villages and cities, and has many historical sites alongside its riverbed.
Here I want to introduce you to my favorite stops along the Seine between Paris and Le Havre. Many river cruises start off in Paris, occasionally stopping off on their way to Le Havre. But not everybody has the time or the inclination to go on a cruise, and prefers instead, like I do, to explore on a road trip through northern France.
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