Mounted on the wall to the right of the door.

Plaque

A rectangular brown plaque honoring the 29th Infantry Division for liberating the town on August 4, 1944. The plaque has the division’s insignia and is written in French with gold lettering.

On August 4, the 29th Division secured Landelles, providing a strategic pathway to Vire, which would eventually fall on August 6. This advance allowed the Allies to trap German forces in what became known as the Falaise Pocket, a decisive encirclement that weakened German positions in France, hastening the Allies' movement towards Paris and eventually contributing to the collapse of German control in the region.

Source of information: 29thdivisionassociation.com, encyclopedia.ushmm.org

Source of photo: www.geneanet.org

LANDELLES

OCCUPÉ PAR LES ALLEMANDS

LE 17 JUIN 1940

A ÉTÉ LIBÉRÉ

PAR LA 29EME DIVISION

AMERICAINE

LE 4 AOUT 1944

GLOIRE

A NOS LIBERATEURS

English Translation:

LANDELLES

OCCUPIED BY THE GERMANS

ON JUNE 17, 1940

WAS LIBERATED

BY THE 29TH AMERICAN

DIVISION

ON AUGUST 4, 1944

GLORY

TO OUR LIBERATORS