Memorial Message Leclerc
In this police station a message of the general Leclerc to the fighting inhabitants of Paris: "STAY STRONG, WE ARRIVE" was received on 24 August 1944, thrown from a small plane of the 2nd French Armoured Division. The plane was flown by captain Jean Callet and lieutenant Étienne Mantoux, who both did not survive the war.
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- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Tangopaso
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