CHERBOURG

shĕrboorˈ, city (1990 pop. 28,773), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel, at the tip of the Cotentin peninsula. It is a naval base and seaport, and a major industrial center where submarines, oil tankers and platforms, electronics, and metals are manufactured. The site has been settled since ancient times and was frequently fought over by the French and English because of its strategic value. Fortifications were begun under Louis XIV.

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books on: Cherbourg  - 1351 results

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Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6 June-27 June 1944)
Book; U.S. G.P.O., 1948
Subjects: Normandy (France)--History, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
...General von Schlieben. Pointing out that Cherbourg was isolated and the German position...perimeter of fortifications surrounding Cherbourg. An outstanding feature of the attack...fortifications astride the Valognes-Cherbourg highway at les Chevres, which barred...
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The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas
Book by Joseph Bykofsky, Harold Larson; Office of the Chief of Military History, 1990
Subjects: United States--Army--Transportation Corps, World War, 1939-1945--Transportation
...The main body of the 4th Port reached Cherbourg early in July, by which time headquarters...personnel difficult. 122 In peacetime, Cherbourg was the site of an important French naval...124 Entirely artificial, the harbor at Cherbourg provided two anchorages -- an exposed...
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Logistical Support of the Armies
Book by Roland G. Ruppenthal; Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1995
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Equipment And Supplies
...early capture and rehabilitation. But Cherbourg, which in peacetime was primarily a...port and bringing it into operation, Cherbourg achieved a discharge rate more than double...little indication of the great role that Cherbourg was to have, for the picture which the...
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"Beachhead Don": Reporting the War from the European Theater, 1942-1945
Book by Don Whitehead, John B. Romeiser; Fordham University Press, 2004
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front
Cherbourg, which once was the third greatest port...Germans do not have sufficient ships in Cherbourg to block the harbor by sinking them...channel. 0 With the American Forces before Cherbourg, June 22 ) ( 2 p.m. ) - By land...
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United States Army Logistics: The Normandy Campaign, 1944
Book by Steve R. Waddell; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: United States--Army--Supplies And Stores--History--20th Century, United States--Army--Transportation--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy, World War, 1939-1945--Logistics--United States
...Project known as the Minor System , and the Cherbourg Project known as the Major System . See...submarine pipeline from the Isle of Wight to Cherbourg, to supply the British with fuel. 44...45 The Major System, to originate at Cherbourg, required the capture of the city before...
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journal articles on: Cherbourg  - 93 results

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A Dumping Ground: A History of the Cherbourg Settlement
Journal article by Christine Choo; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2002, 2002
Subjects: A Dumping Ground: A History of the Cherbourg Settlement (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Dumping Ground: A History of the Cherbourg Settlement. by Christine Choo A Dumping Ground: A History of the Cherbourg Settlement Thom Blake University...policy and its implementation in the Cherbourg settlement. Blake carefully describes...
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Child Growth and Type 2 Diabetes in a Queensland Aboriginal Community
Journal article by Hilary Bambrick; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2003, 2003
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians--Health aspects, Australian aborigines--Health aspects, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Infants--Health aspects, Type 2 diabetes
...growth in the following one to two years. Cherbourg community profile The present study took place in Cherbourg, a relatively large Aboriginal community...prevalence of diabetes. Ted Watson (Cherbourg Mental Health Worker) told me: What...
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Re-examining Total Institutions: A Case Study from Queensland
Journal article by Mary-Jean Sutton; Archaeology in Oceania, Vol. 38, 2003
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians--History, Aboriginal Australians--Social aspects, Australian aborigines--History, Australian aborigines--Social aspects, Indigenous peoples-government relations--History, Indigenous peoples-government relations--Research, Missions (Religion)--Social aspects, Missions, Foreign--Social aspects, Missions--Social aspects, Queensland--History, Queensland--Social aspects, Social institutions--Research
...example, Superintendent Semples plan of Cherbourg does not show the demarcation of fences...dormitories in reserves and missions such as Cherbourg, Yarrabah, Mona Mona and Taroom are...Bloomfield River (1886-c.1980), Cherbourg (1904-c.1980), Doomadgee (1931...
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Aborigines and White Popular Culture in the 1930s in Queensland
Journal article by Gwen Robinson; Hecate, Vol. 15, 1989
Subjects: Australia, Communications industry, Culture, Discrimination, History, Indigenous people, Industry, International, Mass Media, Minority & ethnic groups, Native Americans, Racism
...to Interviewee A, brought up on the Cherbourg Reserve, this was still going on in...and the half-castes were sent to Cherbourg." When Tenant Kelly made a survey of the various tribes at Cherbourg in the early 1930s, she noted that...
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The Moulding of Menials: the Making of the Aboriginal Female Domestic Servant in Early Twentieth Century Queensland
Journal article by Joanne Scott, Raymond Evans; Hecate, Vol. 22, 1996
Subjects: Domestic service, Education, History, Indigenous people, Queensland Australia, Slavery
...more academic subjects. After visiting Cherbourg, the Queensland Governor, Sir Leslie...pastime.14 Rita Huggins, an inmate of Cherbourg at this time, relates: I first went...were two teachers for 180 children at Cherbourg. The head teacher commented tersely...
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"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg": Two River Theater Company
Magazine article by T. Charles Erickson; American Theatre, Vol. 23, April 2006
Subjects: Fox, Jonathan--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Fox, Jonathan--Works, Musical theater--Performances, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Play)--Performances, Theatrical directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Theatrical directors--Works, Theatrical producers and directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Theatrical producers and directors--Works
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg": Two River Theater Company. by...Its tempting to peg The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as a musical or an opera, but Jacques...the movie for the architecture of Cherbourg, provided more visual opportunities...
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Alabama Vs. Kearsarge the Battle of Cherbourg
Magazine article by Bud Feuer; Sea Classics, Vol. 44, July 2011
Alabama Vs. Kearsarge the Battle of Cherbourg by Bud Feuer One of the more important...in need of an overhaul and arrived at Cherbourg, France, on 11 June 1864. Semmes unloaded...frequent visits of Confederate privateers to Cherbourg, and only the Emperor could grant this...
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Cherbourg Festival Report
Magazine article by Henry Lewes; Film Ireland, July 2005
Cherbourg Festival Report by Henry Lewes 20th Cherbourg Festival of British and Irish Films (5-12 April 2005, France) The blustery port of Cherbourg was background to a festival that gave the warmest welcome...
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Cherbourg-octeville Report
Magazine article by Henry Lewes; Film Ireland, March 2004
Cherbourg-octeville Report by Henry Lewes The 2003 Cherbourg Festival was an exceptionally successful one for Ireland...short Full Circle was also presented. Irish presence in Cherbourg included Goldfish director Liz Gill and jury member Jim...
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Cherbourg British and Irish Film Festival
Magazine article; Film Ireland, March 2007
Cherbourg British and Irish Film Festival 22nd...GrandeBretagne (14-20 March 2007, Cherbourg-Octeville, France) The films that...selected for competition at the 22nd Cherbourg British Irish Film Festival are True...
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A Ship and a Sip in Normandy; Meticulous Wine Aficionado Peter Cunningham Makes the Most of a Handy 24-Hour Layover to Check out the Countryside around Cherbourg
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 20, 2011
Subjects: Cunningham, Peter, Wilde, Oscar
...Layover to Check out the Countryside around Cherbourg. Byline: Peter Cunningham Buying your...sails regularly between Rosslare and Cherbourg. And apart from all that wine, you...sails in winter at 6pm and arrives at Cherbourg the next day at 2pm French time. The...
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Cherbourg Game Back on for Girls League Ladies Lace Up Boots for League Battle
Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), August 6, 2010
Cherbourg Game Back on for Girls League Ladies Lace Up...a league clash between the Lady Devils and Cherbourg as part of the Devils Call to the Arms Charity Day. Unfortunately, the Cherbourg team pulled the pin on the Lady Devils first...
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THE SIEGE OF CHERBOURG; 1.THE GAUNTLET: Steve Johnson Broke the French Blockade, despite a Hail of Missiles 2.BRIBES: Protesters Hand out Fish to Garner Support
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 25, 2008
Subjects: Activists, Bribery, Guided missiles, Missiles, Political activists, Reformers, Rockets (Ordnance), Social reformers
THE SIEGE OF CHERBOURG; 1.THE GAUNTLET: Steve Johnson Broke...them elderly - havebeen imprisoned in Cherbourg marina for the past week. French fishermen...across Europe over thesummer. As the Cherbourg stand-off threatened to trigger a...
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Hushed-Up Horror; Torpedoed: The Leopoldville Sunk off Cherbourg in 1944 with the Loss of 763 American Soldiers
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 18, 2007
...Torpedoed: The Leopoldville Sunk off Cherbourg in 1944 with the Loss of 763 American...Leopoldville, Christmas Eve, 1944,near Cherbourg, France. Forgotten by many, remembered...Infantry Division from Southampton to Cherbourg, to reinforcetroops fighting the Battle...
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Crowd Support for Ladies Devils; Gympie Women's League Team Gives Cherbourg a Fright on Field
Newspaper article; The Gympie Times (Gympie, Australia), August 11, 2010
Subjects: Gold industry
...Devils; Gympie Womens League Team Gives Cherbourg a Fright on Field. Byline: Matthew...formed Gympie ladies Devils from giving Cherbourg a fright at the weekend. Playing as...it once the first ball was kicked.a Cherbourg went into the game as favourites after...
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encyclopedia articles on: Cherbourg  - 10 results

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Cherbourg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHERBOURG sherboor , city (1990 pop. 28,773), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel, at the tip of the...
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Manche
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...extends S into the Norman woods. Saint-Lo (the capital), Cherbourg , and Avranches are the chief towns, and Mont-Saint-Michel...are textile, copper, tile, and food industries, and, at Cherbourg, shipbuilding. The name Manche derives from the French name...
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Normandy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is based on cattle raising, fishing, and tourism. In Rouen (the historic capital), Le Havre (see Havre, Le ), and Cherbourg there are also shipbuilding, metalworking, oil-refining, and textile industries. Normandy has outstanding beach resorts...
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English Channel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the Channel Islands . The principal Channel ports are Plymouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, and Dover (in England) and Cherbourg, Le Havre, Dieppe, and Calais (in France). Noted resorts include Deauville, France, and Brighton, England. A train...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Italy, Spain, Great Britain, and the United States are the main trading partners. The chief ports are Rouen , Le Havre , Cherbourg , Brest , Saint-Nazaire , Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulon , Dunkirk , and Marseilles. Government Since the Revolution of 1789...
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