Menton
Description:
The site includes one memorial to the First Special Service Force (FSSF), a joint US-Canadian unit, which liberated Menton and occupied the town during Operation Dragoon in 1944.
Address:
5 Rue Pieta, 06500 Menton, France , 06500 , Menton , 06-Alpes-Maritime , Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur , France
The site is located in the French city of Menton (Italian: Mentone). It is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera. Menton, nicknamed the Pearl of France, is located on the Mediterranean Sea at the Franco-Italian border, just across from the Ligurian town of Ventimiglia. The site is located in a memorial garden at the intersection of Rue Saint-Michel and Rue Pieta next to the Deportees and Resistance memorial.
Map reference (click on pin to see Lat/Long):
43.775678 7.505465 5 Rue Pieta, 06500 Menton, France
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