Le Saulcy () is a
commune in the
Vosges department
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Government and military
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in
Grand Est in northeastern
France.
History
In the nearby hamlet of Le Harcholet, a war crime was committed by
Waffen SS forces under the command of ''Oberscharfuhrer'' Max Kessler. Three members of an
SAS
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infiltration team (including Lieutenant Silly and Trooper Brown) were burnt alive whilst bound by German forces in an abandoned barn. The three soldiers had been caught attempting to cross the
River Meurthe whilst trying to reach the Allied lines on the 10th October 1944 after the termination of
Operation Loyton
Operation Loyton was the codename given to a Special Air Service (SAS) mission in the Vosges department of France during the Second World War.
The mission, between 12 August and 9 October 1944, had the misfortune to be parachuted into the Vo ...
, an attempt to inspire a French uprising in the Vosges to pave the way for an offensive by
General Patton's Seventh Army.
[Lewis. ''SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra-Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals'', (Quercus, London (2015)).]
See also
*
Communes of the Vosges department
References
Communes of Vosges (department)
Salm-Salm
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