Published on 23/11/2024 14:38
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Second World War: 80 years since the liberation of Strasbourg
Second World War: 80 years since the liberation of Strasbourg
(France 2)
80 years ago, General Leclerc's troops liberated Strasbourg from Nazi occupation. The commemoration ceremony took place on the morning of Saturday November 22, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, who notably paid tribute to the Alsatian Resistance.
Camille Schelling was decorated with the Legion of Honor on the morning of Saturday November 22, 80 years after entering Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) to liberate the city. Alongside him, other fighters, resistance fighters, and one forcefully incorporated into the German army. All witnessed the Battle of Alsace in November 1944.
On November 23, 1944, Maurice Lebrun, a Moroccan fighter, raised the French flag on the spire of the cathedral. This moment in history was General Leclerc's military objective: three years earlier, with his men in Africa, he had sworn to fight until hoisting the tricolor flag over the Alsatian capital. In November 1944, the Second Armored Division entered the city, and honored the oath.
The ceremony will continue in the afternoon at the foot of the Vosges, in the former Nazi concentration camp of Natzweiler-Struthof (Bas-Rhin).
Watch the full report in the video above
