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The Eiffel Tower

After our visit to Omaha Beach we decided to hit up the Eiffel Tower! This tower was named after its constructor Gustave Eiffel. The tower is 1,063 ft high up in the air. This bad boy weighs 10,000 tons.
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Omaha Beach

After our trip to London we decided to go to France. France is In Europe on the west side of the huge continent. It is south of the UK. France is famous for its delicious food and wine. Frances Population is 65,073,482. The climate here is a cooler climate. The winters are mild and the summers are cool to warm.

Our first visit in France is Omaha beach. Omaha beach is a very interesting place to me because I enjoy learning things about world war 2 things. About 50,000 men landed on the beach, about 5,000 of those died.
Here is 1 of the many landing crafts that were used in the invasion:
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Here are some of the bunkers and mortar positions the germans used to try to defend the beachhead.
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