Regimental inscription question
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Free French 2nd Armored Div (2e Division Blindée), commanded by General Leclerc. Very famous.
5 May 45 is 3 days before VE day. Probably marked here as it was the day of ceasefire on the Western Front and the 3 sets of initials are probably those of buddies glad to still be alive.
http://2db.free.fr/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hautecloque
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5 May 45 is 3 days before VE day. Probably marked here as it was the day of ceasefire on the Western Front and the 3 sets of initials are probably those of buddies glad to still be alive.
http://2db.free.fr/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hautecloque
[youtube]xhrfqVfRfzo[/youtube]
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From the wikipedia entry for the 2eme DB:
Germany
After forcing the Germans in the Royan Pocket to surrender on 18 April 1945, the 2nd Division crossed France again to rejoin the Allied 6th Army Group for final operations in Germany. Operating with the U.S. 12th Armored Division, elements of the French 2nd Armored Division pursued the remnants of German Army Group G across Swabia and Bavaria, occupying the town of Bad Reichenhall on 4 May 1945.
Eventually, the 2nd Division finished its campaigning at the Nazi resort town of Berchtesgaden in Southeastern Germany.
At the end of the campaign in northwestern Europe, the unit counted 1,687 dead, including 108 officers, and 3,300 wounded. It had killed 12,100 Axis soldiers, captured 41,500 and destroyed 332 heavy and medium tanks, 2,200 other vehicles, and 426 cannons of various types.
Germany
After forcing the Germans in the Royan Pocket to surrender on 18 April 1945, the 2nd Division crossed France again to rejoin the Allied 6th Army Group for final operations in Germany. Operating with the U.S. 12th Armored Division, elements of the French 2nd Armored Division pursued the remnants of German Army Group G across Swabia and Bavaria, occupying the town of Bad Reichenhall on 4 May 1945.
Eventually, the 2nd Division finished its campaigning at the Nazi resort town of Berchtesgaden in Southeastern Germany.
At the end of the campaign in northwestern Europe, the unit counted 1,687 dead, including 108 officers, and 3,300 wounded. It had killed 12,100 Axis soldiers, captured 41,500 and destroyed 332 heavy and medium tanks, 2,200 other vehicles, and 426 cannons of various types.
