Residents of the Ecouché area celebrate its liberation

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Citizens and the local members of the FFI (French Resistance) celebrate the their liberation from German occupation. On the table are Sten submachine guns that were delivered to the resistance by the RAF.

The area was liberated on the 13th of August by the French 2nd Armoured Division, specifically the regiment commanded by Colonel Warabiot.