Possible Clues:

• Columnist Herb who coined the word "beatnik"
• City retaken by the Allies in July 1944
• Battleground of 1944
• Normandy city where William the Conqueror is buried
• French city mostly destroyed in 1944
• D Day battle site
• Nomandy city
• Normandy city which was a target for capture on D-Day
• The French capital of Calvados
• Large urban area in Normandy, France