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Chapelle Ste Anne

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Details:

High on the south outside wall of the building. Plaque A white marble plaque with French inscription.

Monument Text:

ICI

PREMIÈRE TERRE PROVENÇALE LIBÉRÉE

A L'AUBE DU 15 AOUT 1944

PAR LES F.F.I. BRIGADE DES MAURES

ET DES PARACHUTISTES

DE LA 7ME [sic] ARMÉE AMÉRICAINE

QUI Y ONT OPÉRÉ LEUR JONCTION

 

 

English translation:

Here was the first ground in Provence liberated on the eve of 15 August 1944 by the FFI Brigade of the Maures and the parachutists of the American 7th Army.  Yes, they completed their junction.

Commemorates:

Units:

7th Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Operation Anvil Dragoon

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