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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives

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  • Nom
    Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
  • Date
    1944-08-20
  • Lieu
    SAINT-LAMBERT-SUR-DIVES
  • Contribution
    Grasset Jacques
  • ID
    3149.3273

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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Main crossing point for the German army on the River Dives. Equipment, horses and bodies piled up on either side of the bridge.
A single watchword was to get out of this hell.
Historic site forming part of the "death row".

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The "August 44" circuit you're about to take comprises 10 stages. You can follow this Itinéraire fléché in any order, as it's a loop that will take you back to your starting point in every case. However, to fully understand this historic route, a visit to the Mont-Ormel/Coudehard Memorial is recommended.

"August 1944, after 72 days of fighting, the Allies encircled the German armies in the Dives valley. Discover the famous pocket of "Falaise Chambois", where the deniers combats of the Battle of Normandy took place. Bringing together 6 nationalities (Germans, Americans, British, Canadians, French and Poles), the pocket closed from August 19 to 21, 1944 on 100,000 German soldiers (50,000 got out, 10,000 were killed and 40,000 were taken prisoner).

In indescribable chaos, more than 50,000 German soldiers crossed the Dives, particuller to the bridge at the foot of the church. On this narrow bridge, armored vehicles and vehicles of all kinds, including horse-drawn vehicles, squeezed into an immense traffic jam, regularly crushed by Allied artillery salvos. General Von Lüttwitz, commander of the 2 Panzer division, describes in his memoirs the crossing of the Dives at Saint-Lambert: "The crossing of the Dives bridge was particularly horrible, the bodies of killed soldiers, dead horses, vehicles and other equipment that had been hurled from the bridge into the river, formed a macabre tangle there."

Credit and Photos: Grasset Jacques
 
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives.
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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives.
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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives.
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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives.
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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives.
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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives
Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives.
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Le Pont Saint Lambert sur Dives

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