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Posted on Sun May 16, 2010 2:34 am by webmaster
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Re: Terrain Challenge #30 (Score: 1)
by papa_whisky on Sun May 16, 2010 7:56 am
(User Info | Send a Message) | | The area generally looks like northern France or Belgium. The collection of buildings in the centre are curious. It appears to be a substantial manor house but that has a taller almost church like building to the side suggesting some sort of institution, that I would assume from its position and the fact the road leads directly to the manor house along an avenue of trees was built after the manor. No idea..... |
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Re: Terrain Challenge #30 (Score: 1)
by pagskier on Sun May 16, 2010 8:24 am
(User Info | Send a Message) | Never tought I would actually get one!
it's abbaye d'ardenne!
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&rlz=1T4ADRA_enCA377CA377&resnum=0&q=Abbaye%20d'ardenne&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl |
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Re: Terrain Challenge #30 (Score: 1)
by Lestayo on Tue May 18, 2010 3:17 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | CONGRATULATIONS, It´s L'Abbaye d' Ardenne, near Caen.
During the Battle of Normandy, Ardenne Abbey was the location of the headquarters of SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 25, commanded by SS-Standartenführer Kurt Meyer. On 7 June 1944, eighteen captured Canadian soldiers of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment) were taken to the abbey and killed by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division.
The Regina Rifle Regiment liberated the abbey the following month, at which time evidence of the atrocity was discovered. The remains of the soldiers were eventually moved to the Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery. At the end of the war, Kurt Meyer was convicted on three counts of war crimes, including responsibility for the killings at Ardenne Abbey. Meyer denied knowing anything about the murders, and no contradictory eyewitness evidence was presented at trial. Meyer served nine years in prison before release in 1954.
Thanks Buck for resolve it in a private message and keep the challenge alive. You will always be the best!! |
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Re: Terrain Challenge #30 (Solved by pagskier) (Score: 1)
by Lestayo10 on Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:52 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | http://wwii.ca/content-26/wwii-abbaye-dardenne/
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