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Rochefort
Namur (province)

Square Crépin

Cinquantenaire de la libération

50th Anniversary of the Liberation

1994

Rochefort / Cinquantenaire de la libération

Description

Black stone plaque with a picture of a Canadian soldier walking through the ruins of Rochefort. On 3 January 1945, the paratroopers of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion of the 6th British Airborne Division entered the city, cleaned it from German resistance nests and carried out reconnaissance patrols around Rochefort.

Inscription(s)

1944 - 1994
50 ans après

Rochefort
se souvient

Signature

s.a. GILLET GRANIT | rochefort

Location (N 50°9'26" - E 5°13'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: bena055; Photograph: 5 May 2015
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