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  2. Elbe Day - Wikipedia

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    Elbe Day, April 25, 1945, is the day Soviet and American troops met at the Elbe River, near Torgau in Germany, marking an important step toward the end of World War II in Europe. This contact between the Soviets, advancing from the east, and the Americans, advancing from the west, meant that the two powers had effectively cut Germany in two.

  3. Army Museum (Paris) - Wikipedia

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    The Musée de l'Armée (French: [myze də laʁme]; "Army Museum") is a national military museum of France located at Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.It is served by Paris Métro stations Invalides, Varenne and La Tour-Maubourg

  4. Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération ...

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    The entrance to the museum. The Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin (French pronunciation: [myze dy ʒeneʁal ləklɛʁ də otklɔk e də la libeʁasjɔ̃ də paʁi myze ʒɑ̃ mulɛ̃]) was a museum located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris at 23, Allée de la 2e DB, Jardin Atlantique, Paris, France.

  5. List of French Resistance museums and memorials - Wikipedia

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    French Resistance museums and memorials commemorate people and events associated with the French movements, collectively known as the French Resistance (French: La Résistance) that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy régime during the Second World War.

  6. Paris in World War II - Wikipedia

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    On August 27th, in anticipation of air raids, workmen had begun taking down the stained glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle.The same day, curators at the Louvre, summoned back from summer vacation, and aided by packers from the nearby La Samaritaine and Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville department stores, began cataloging and packing the major works of art, which were put into crates and labeled ...

  7. Line of Contact - Wikipedia

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    A commemorative plaque now stands where the "East Meets West" moment took place in Torgau on Elbe Day, 1945. Final positions of the Western Allied and Soviet armies, May 1945 Allied occupied areas, 15 May 1945, with territory under Allied control on 1 May 1945 in pink and later Allied gain in red

  8. Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération - Wikipedia

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    The Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération (French pronunciation: [myze də lɔʁdʁ də la libeʁasjɔ̃]) is a military museum located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The museum is dedicated to the Ordre de la Libération, France's second national order after the Légion d'honneur, which was created in 1940 by General Charles de ...

  9. 1945 - Wikipedia

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    WWII – Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops link up at the river Elbe, cutting Germany in two. April 25 – 26 – WWII: The last major strategic bombing raid by RAF Bomber Command , the destruction of the oil refinery at Tønsberg in southern Norway, is carried out by 107 Avro Lancasters .

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