This is a monument in remembrance of the fallen throughout ALL wars France was involved in. At the bottom of the main pillar of the monument is a little plaque remembering those killed in the Soviet POW camp Tambow, from 1943 to 1945.
Another memorial referring to the same Russian POW camp can be found in Mulhouse, see our link here: https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/113673/Memorial-Tambov-Prisoners-of-War-Camp.htm
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