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First Allied Crossing - 5th Armored Division

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Located between the N10 (rue Principale) and the riverbank, 30m south of the N10E bridge to Germany. Monument Three tank barriers with a plaque noting that this is the location where the first allied soldiers crossed into Germany on September 11, 1944.

Monument Text:

On September 11, 1944 
the first allied soldiers 
belonging to the 5th US Armored Division 
crossed  here into Germany.

Commemorates:

Units:

1st Army

5th Armored Division

Wars:

WWII

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