Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard liberation memorial

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A memorial to the liberation of Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard on the 20th of August 1944 after days of fierce fighting.

ICI ÉCHOUA LA DERNIÉRE
DES CONTRE-ATTAQUES ALLEMANDS
QUI MARQUÉRENT LA FIN
DE LA BATAILLE DE NORMANDIE

APRÉS DES COMBATS ACHARNÉS
D'INFANTERIE ET DE CHARS
LA COMMIUNE DU BOURGS-ST-LÉONARD
CHANGEA DE MAIN QUATRE FOIS
PENDANT LES JOURNÉES
DE 16-17-18-19 AOUT 1944
ET FUT DEFINITIVEMENT CONQUISE
PAR LES TROUPES AMERICAINES
DE L'ARMEE PATTON
LE 20 AOÚT 1944

Which translates to:

HERE FAILED THE LAST
GERMAN ATTACKS
WHICH MARK THE END
OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY

AFTER A FIERCE FIGHT
INFANTRY AND TANKS
THE COMMUNE OF BOURGS-ST-LÉONARD
CHANGED HANDS FOUR TIMES
DURING THE DAYS
FROM 16-17-18-19 AUGUST 1944
AND WAS DEFINITIVELY CONQUERED
BY THE AMERICAN TROOPS
THE PATTON ARMY
AUGUST 20, 1944

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Address

D16/D926
Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard, Orne
61310
France

Coordinates

48.761024, 0.105983

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