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Memorial Commandos First Special Brigade Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay

This memorial commerates the liberation of Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay by the First Special Brigade mainly by the N°3, N°4, N°6 and N°45 Commando. There's also a memorial for the casualties of 6 June 1944 and a memorial who commerates Operation Mallard. During this operation, in the evening of 6 June 1944, 3000 troops landed with 104 gliders east of Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay.

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