La Route of the 2nd DB takes the path followed by General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division during the Liberation of France, since its landing in Normandy on August 1, 1944 at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville (Utah Beach), the Liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944 until the fighting in Alsace, including the capture of Strasbourg on November 23, 1944.
All along this route, and in each of the towns and villages of France liberated by this prestigious unit, 16000 men, 4000 vehicles, a Road Marker of the 2nd DB, Stele of the Oath of Koufra commemorates the fulfillment of the oath.
Applying to himself his order to “gallop at full speed towards Paris”, General Leclerc left Fleuré at dawn on August 23 with the officers of his reduced staff, protected by 5 armored cars and 2 scout cars. . He arrived around 13 p.m. in Rambouillet, to the cheers of the population and the attentive eye of a swarm of reporters, including Ernest Hemingway.
(I.e.The terminal is located at the August 23, 1944 roundabout, at the junction of avenue de Paris and rue Sadi-Carnot
Find out moreOn August 23, Rochefort-en-Yvelines was on the axis of Colonel Billotte's GTV which, having left in the morning from Boucé near Mortrée, was to reach Limours via Alençon, Nogent-le-Rotrou, Chartres and Ablis. The battle group moves by moving in administrative order, combining speed and safety in the rain. The first elements crossed Rochefort around 20:30 p.m., the last around 22 p.m. and everyone regrouped around Limours with a view to marching on Paris the next morning.
(I.e.The terminal is located at Place des Halles
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Not far from the Saclay plateau, the last important strategic point held by the Germans who control the airfields of Toussus-le-Noble and Villacoublay, the FFI units of Bures and Orsay as well as the Bonnelles group play a guiding role for the Allies, in addition to armed action.
(I.e.The terminal is located on the D988 towards Chartres, a few meters from rue de la Division-Leclerc
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