Château de Rambouillet - Rambouillet, France
N 48° 38.740 E 001° 49.051
31U E 412899 N 5388742
[FR] Le 23 août 1944, au château de Rambouillet, le Général de Gaulle annonça la marche de la 2e DB sur Paris, qui fut libéré le lendemain.[EN] On 23 August 1944, two days before the liberation of Paris, General de Gaulle arrived at Rambouillet.
Waymark Code: WMHV5Q
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 08/14/2013
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[FR] Le général de Gaulle reçut au château de Rambouillet le général Leclerc et lui dit : "Libérer Paris avec une division blindée française, nul chef Français n'a jamais eu autant de chance, mais nul ne l'a mieux méritée. La chance des généraux en temps de guerre, c'est le bonheur des peuples et des gouvernements".
[EN] In the evening, de Gaulle met General Philippe Leclerc who, at the head of his French 2nd Armored Division (2e Division blindée, more affectionately known in France as La Deuxième DB), had mission to liberate Paris. Part of the French 2nd Armored Division was to leave from Rambouillet at dawn the following day, on its march "to capture Paris".[10] On August 25, around 2 p.m., "both wrought with emotion and filled with serenity",[11] General de Gaulle left Rambouillet by car to enter "Paris libérée".
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Admission Fee: €8.50
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Visits are by guided tour only.
Open every day except tuesdays with visits at 10, 11 am and 2, 3, 4, 5 pm.
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