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Le Char Duguay-Trouin

Dijon, France

This tank participated in the liberation of Dijon from Nazi occupation. 

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The Sherman tank, known as Duguay Trouin, On static display randyfix2 (Atlas Obscura User)
The Sherman tank, known as Duguay Trouin, On static display randyfix2 (Atlas Obscura User)
The Sherman tank, known as Duguay Trouin, randyfix2 (Atlas Obscura User)
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The Sherman tank, known as Duguay Trouin, participated in the liberation of Dijon. On September 6, 1944, the tank, at the head of a platoon of five others in Dijon, was hit by two German anti-tank shells: three of the six men of the crew lost their lives there: Second Lieutenant Cattanéo, tank commander, Brigadier-Chief Petitbon, and Cuirassier Delaporte.

Dijon was liberated on September 11, 1944. As a memory of these men and the reality of the fighting, the Duguay Trouin tank is on static display in Dijon.

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