Bombardement des Coutures - Limoges, Limousin
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N 45° 50.087 E 001° 16.198
31T E 365641 N 5077147
Traces du bombardement du 19 juin 1940 / Traces of the bombing of June 19, 1940 ,
Waymark Code: WMY1B8
Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Date Posted: 04/01/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member RakeInTheCache
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FRANCAIS

Le 19 juin 1940, trois avions allemands apparaissent dans le ciel de Limoges, plongent subitement vers la gare toute proche, mitraillent au hasard, larguent cinq bombes. L'une atteint la cité des Coutures faisant trois victimes.
Les traces de ce bombardement sont encore visibles sur la facade des batiments.

ENGLISH

On June 19, 1940, three German planes appear in the sky of Limoges, plunge suddenly to the nearby trainstation, machine-gun at random, drop five bombs. One reaches the "cité des Coutures", killing three people.
The traces of this bombardment are still visible on the facade of the buildings.

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