Le Mémorial de Mirabeau - Mirabeu, France - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

FR

Le pont de Mirabeau a été un passage difficile pour les troupes venues libérer cette partie occupée par les allemands.
Une fois passés, les terrains derrière ce monument ont servi de base aérienne de fortune pour permettre aux alliés de continuer leurs efforts et repousser les allemands.
Sur cette stèle, on peut lire : En ce lieu
Les troupes alliées
Venues libérer
La France
Ont pris pied
Sur le territoire
De Vaucluse
Le 20 août 1944

En hommage à nos morts
et à nos libérateurs

EN

The bridge of Mirabeau was a difficult passage for the troops come to liberate this part occupied by the Germans.
Once past, the grounds behind this monument served as a makeshift airbase to allow the allies to continue their efforts and repel the Germans.
On this stele, we read: In this place
Allied troops
Venues release
France
Got a foothold
On the territory
Of Vaucluse
August 20, 1944

In tribute to our dead
and our liberators

Property Permission: Public Website for Waymark: [Web Link] Location of waymark: D996 Mirabeau, France 84120 Commemoration: The French and the liberators (allies) dead here Date of Dedication: Not listed Access instructions: Not listed Access times: Not listed

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