General Patton Memorial

25th July 1944, Operation Cobra – breaking through the German Front between Saint-Lô and Périers– enabled the American army to encircle a German army corps and to create a gap which resulted in the fall of Avranches on the 31st of July 1944. From there, Patton burst west into Brittany and east into the Loire Valley towards Paris in his famous breakthrough, which made possible the Liberation of France. The text on the obelisk: [i]DU 31 JULIET AU 16 AOUT 1944 REALISANT LA PERCEE D'AVRANCHES DANS LE VACARME DE SES BLINDES EN MARCHE VERS LA VICTOIRE ET LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE LA GLORIEUSE ARMEE AMERICAINE DU GENERAL PATTON A FRANCHI CE CARREFOUR[/i] What can be translated in English like: [i]Between July 31st and August 16th, 1944 the glorious American Army of General Patton passed this crossroad accomplishing the break-through at Avranches with the thunder of his armour on his way to the victory and liberation of France[/i]