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Auvergne terrain map. Auvergne is known for its mountain ranges and dormant volcanoes. Together the Monts Dore and the Chaîne des Puys include 80 volcanoes. The Puy de Dôme is the highest volcano in the region, with an altitude of 1,465 metres (4,806 ft).
After the war, Operation PX was first discussed in an interview by former captain Eno Yoshio, who was heavily involved with planning for the attack, in an interview with Sankei on August 14, 1977. According to Yoshio, "This is the first time I have said anything about Operation PX, because it involved the rules of war and international law.
Christianized by Saint Austremoine, Auvergne was quite prosperous during the Roman period. After a short time under the Visigoths, it was conquered by the Franks in 507. During the earlier medieval period, Auvergne was a county within the duchy of Aquitaine and from time to time part of the "Angevin Empire".
The Château de Chavaniac aka Chateau Lafayette [1] [2] [3] is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne province, France. Flanked by two towers of black stone, it was built in the 14th century and was the birthplace of General Lafayette in 1757.
The fighting opposed the 400-strong SS Panzergrenadiers Training Battalion 18, which was sent to France on 22 June 1944 and reached Vichy on 29 June. The troops were divided among Thiers, Randan , Saint-Yorre , Le Mayet-de-Montagne , the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP) of the 103rd FFI battalion (led by Major André Rossignol, known as ...
When war between Richard the Lionheart and Philip II broke out again in the summer of 1196, Lionheart now asked Count Guy and Dauphin Robert to support him in battle. Both refused, because Lionheart had previously abandoned them. Philip II August of France in combat with Guy II, Count of Auvergne. (British Library, Royal 16 G VI f. 369v)
Usson's castle was the residence of Margaret of Valois from 1585 to 1605. It was demolished under the order of Cardinal Richelieu.According to a 15th-century drawing from the Armorial d'Auvergne, the fortress was large and heavily fortified, with three surrounding walls and 20 towers.
The French demarcation line was the boundary line marking the division of Metropolitan France into the territory occupied and administered by the German Army (Zone occupée) in the northern and western part of France and the Zone libre (Free zone) in the south during World War II.