World War II Memorial - Les Barraques-en-Vercors, France - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

Built between 1844 and 1851, the old Road des Grands Goulets was closed for dangerosity when the new road was built in 2008.

The Maquis du Vercors was a rural Free French resistance ("maquis") group who resisted the 1940-1944 German occupation of France in World War II. The Maquis du Vercors used the prominent scenic plateau known as the massif du Vercors (Vercors Plateau) as a refuge. Many members of the maquis, called "maquisards" died fighting in 1944 in the Vercors Plateau. Wikipedia

The plaque reads:

ICI LE 22 JANVIER 1944 APRES UN COMBAT ACHARNE 20 MAQUISARDS SUCCOMBERENT DEVANT 300 ALLEMANDS CES DERNIERS PILLERENT ET INCENDIERENT TOTALEMENT LE VILLAGE

Translation

HERE ON JANUARY 22, 1944 AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE 20 "MAQUISARDS" SUCCUMBED TO THE ATTACK OF 300 GERMANS WHO PLUNDERED AND TOTALLY BURNED THE VILLAGE

Property Permission: Public Website for Waymark: [Web Link] Location of waymark: D518 Les Barraques-en-Vercors , Rhône-Alpes France Commemoration: The death of 20 French resistance fighter Date of Dedication: Not listed Access instructions: Not listed Access times: Not listed

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