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The liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War II.After the liberation of Mulhouse on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, [1] General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and the 2nd Armored Division entered the city of Strasbourg in France after having liberated Sarrebourg and La ...
Timeline of the liberation of the primary cities of France between 1943 and 1945. Date City Dép. No. Region ... History of Strasbourg:
The Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar; German: Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group (6th AG) during World War II.
1458 – Johannes Mentelin opens print shop (approximate date). [7] 1464 – Heinrich Eggestein opens print shop (approximate date). 1466 – World's first spectacle specialist shop opened in Strasbourg. [8] 1468 – World's first printed advertisement published in Strasbourg. [9] The dancing plague of 1518. 1483 – Hans Grüninger printer in ...
The Romans under Nero Claudius Drusus established a military outpost belonging to the Germania Superior Roman province at Strasbourg's current location, and named it Argentoratum. (Hence the town is commonly called Argentina in medieval Latin. [3]) The name "Argentoratum" was first mentioned in 12 BC and the city celebrated its 2,000th birthday ...
On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area including the capture and subsequent execution of a close friend of Waffen-SS ...
In 2014, the association 24 Août 1944 ("24 August 1944") organized a series of marches following the route of La Nueve through Paris in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of its liberation. [37] Also in attendance was Rafael Gómez, who, as of 20 April 2017, was the last remaining veteran of La Nueve still alive.
Date Location Notes Reference 2 September 1944 La Glanerie First settlement to be liberated. An American motorcyclist arrived in the village after unknowingly crossing the Belgian border, and later returned with his battalion to liberate the village. [1] 2 September 1944 Mons: Battle of the Mons pocket [2] 2 September 1944 Tournai: 3 September 1944