On September 2, at 6 pm, Lille was largely liberated from the Germans and would be definitively so by the end of morning on September 4 when British tanks and armoured cars rolled through. All told, approximately 50 people were killed and 600 wounded during the liberation.
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Sep 3, 2021 · On September 2, at 6 pm, Lille was largely liberated from the Germans and would be definitively so by the end of morning on September 4 when ...
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The siege of Lille, or Lille pocket, (28–31 May 1940) took place during the Battle of France in the Second World War. The siege around the city of Lille ...
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Lille fell into enemy hands early in the First World War, and was only liberated by the Allies at the very end of the conflict. Behind the relieved crowds ...
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Oct 17, 2018 · [3] Captured by the Germans on 13 October 1914, after a siege and heavy shelling, Lille and its inhabitants had endured further suffering ...
Having landed in Normandy on the 1st August 1944, General Leclerc's 2nd D.B. liberated Paris before pushing on towards Strasbourg with, in its ranks, some " ...
And five or six German prisoners came along and they helped me down. On 17 October, Lille was liberated after four years of German occupation. RAF officer ...
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