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Liberation plaque

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Details:

On the door above the town hall on the outside wall. Plaque A stone plaque with French text commemorating the town's liberation by allied parachutists

Monument Text:

LA MOTTE

1IER VILLAGE DE PROVENCE

LIBÉRÉ PAR LES TROUPES

PARACHUTÉES ALLIÉES

LE 15 AOÛT 1944 À 3H DU MATIN

 

 

English translation:

La Motte, the first town liberated in Provence by allied paratroopers on 15 August 1944 at 3am.

Commemorates:

Units:

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Operation Anvil Dragoon

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