Born of the Liberty Road - Kilometer 00

Utah Beach, 50480, La Madeleine
Normandie, France

The Liberty Highway has two paths, one to Bastogne, the other via Reims, Verdun, Metz to Strasbourg. This one follows the route to Strassbourg. There is a lot of confusion about where exactly the Kilometer 0 pole is located. For example, there is also "[url=http://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/2322] Liberty Highway - Kilometer 00 [/url], which is placed at Utah beach. Geographically, the place at Utah beach is the actual location where the Americans went on the beaches of France. Chronologically speaking, Sainte-Mère-Eglise was liberated earlier than Utah beach by the U.S. paratroopers.

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Text by: Ewoud van Eig

Photo(s): Lennard Bolijn

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