Chambois Memorial to the closing of the Falaise pocket

A memorial commemorating the link-up of Allied forces closing the Falaise Pocket surrounding the 7th German Army.

GARDE VIGILANTE DE LA NORMANDIE AU PASSAGE DE LA DIVES
PUISSANTE FORTERESSE FEODALE DEPUIS LE XIIeme SIECLE

CHAMBOIS VÉCUT LES 19-20-21 AOUT 1944 LES DERNIERES
HEURES DE LA BATAILLE DE NORMANDIE

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ICI SE REJOIGNIRENT LES ARMEES AMERICAINE, BRITANNIQUE
CANADIENNE, POLONAISE ET FRANCAISE QUI RECURENT
LA CAPITULATION DES DIVISIONS ALLEMANDES ENCERCLEES
APRES SOIXANTE DIX SEPT JOURS DE COMBATS ACHARNÉS

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LE CAPTAINE WALTERS DU 359EME R.I. AMERICAIN ET LE COLONEL ZGORZELSKI
DU 10EME DRAGONS POLONAIS QUI ETAIENT RENCONTRES A CHAMBOIS LORS
DE NOTRE LIBERATION LE 19 AUOT 1944 SE SONT RETROUVES ICI-MEME LE JUILLET 1965
ET ONT ETE FAITS CITOYENS D'HONNNEUR DE LA VILLE DE CHAMBOIS
AINISE QUI LE GENERAL MACZEK CDT EN CHEF DE L'ARMEE POLONAISE
VENU SUR CES LIEUX LE 4 AOUT 1974

Which translates to:

VIGILANT GUARD FROM NORMANDY TO THE DIVES PASSAGE
POWERFUL FORTRESS FEODALE SINCE XII CENTURY

CHAMBOIS WITNESSED 19-20-21 AUGUST 1944 THE LAST
HOURS OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY

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HERE JOINED THE ARMIES AMERICAN, BRITISH
CANADIAN, POLISH AND FRENCH
THE CAPITULATION OF THE GERMAN DIVISIONS CIRCLED
AFTER SIXTY SEVEN DAYS OF FIERCE FIGHTING

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CAPTAIN WALTERS OF 359TH R.I. AMERICAN AND COLONEL ZGORZELSKI
OF THE 10TH POLISH DRAGONS WHO MET IN CHAMBOIS
OF OUR RELEASE ON 19 AUGUST 1944 WERE FOUND HERE THE JULY 1965
AND HAVE BEEN MADE CITIZENS OF HONOR OF THE CITY OF CHAMBOIS
AINISE WHO THE GENERAL MACZEK CDT IN CHIEF OF THE POLISH ARMY
COMING ON THESE PLACES AUGUST 4, 1974

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Listing: Chambois Memorial to the closing of the Falaise pocket

Location

Rue des Polonais / Rue des Canadiens
61160Chambois
Orne
France
Longitude:0.106138
Latitude:48.805286

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