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On the sign:
DANS LA NUIT DE L’OCCUPATION, LA VILLE DE BLOIS PLUS PARTICULIEREMENT LA CATHEDRALE ET L’HÔTEL DE VILLE.
ONT SERVI DE REPERES AUX AVIATEURS ALLIES QUI, AU PERIL DE LEUR VIE, ONT COURAGEUSEMENT MULTIPLIÉ LES ATTERRISSAGES ET LES PARACHUTAGES CLANDESTINS EN LIAISON AVEC LA RESISTANCE POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE
IN THE NIGHT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR OCCUPATION ALLIED AVIATORS USED THE TOWN OF BLOIS AND PARTICULARY THE TOWN HALL AND THE CATHEDRAL AS LANDMARKS AND RISKED THEIR LIVES DURING CLANDESTINE LANDINGS AND PARACHUTINGS IN TOUCH WITH THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE.
Two signs in French and English indicating the fact that the Town Hall (on which the signs are located) and the Cathedral of Blois were used as landmarks for Allied pilots for secret landings and parachute drops
On the other side of the town hall is a sign with Charles de Gaulle’s call to French citizens to join the Free French Army. An identical sign is found in other cities Click for sign's details Click for a larger image
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