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Mont-Ormel
Mont-Ormel () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. Geography The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Panthelière and Mont-Ormel. The commune has one streamsrunning through its borders, the Mont-Ormel. Notable buildings and places Memorial de Montormel is a memorial and museum on the site of battle of Falaise pocket between Chambois and Vimoutiers. File:Mont Ormel.jpg, View of the battleground from the Memorial de Montormel See also *Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Montormel [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coudehard-Montormel Memorial
The Coudehard-Montormel Memorial (''mémorial de Coudehard-Montormel'' or ''mémorial de Montormel'') is a historical museum in Mont-Ormel in France, dedicated to the battle of the Falaise pocket, the last episode in the battle of Normandy. It is sited on the summit of Hill 262 Battle of Hill 262, or the Mont Ormel ridge (elevation ), is an area of high ground above the village of Coudehard in Normandy that was the location of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise in the Normandy Campaign du ..., where the pocket was officially closed on 21 August 1944, with two sites – an open-air monument at the hill's summit (overlooking the vallée de la Dives and the plain where the last phases of the battle played out), which was inaugurated in 1965 on the battle's twentieth anniversary, and the museum itself, in the side of the hill, opened in 1994 on the battle's fiftieth anniversary. References {{coord, 48, 50, 15, N, 0, 08, 32, E, region:FR_typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
