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Trou030 Trouville Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Pont de Trouville is the bridge between Deauville and Trouville over the River La Touques. Trou30 was what is now a Rond Point.
Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

2 x Ringstands.
2 x 5cm KwK L/60.
1 x Bf66 ammunition bunker.

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
Plan. The two 5cm KwK L/60 ringstands with an Bf66 ammunition bunker between the two.

1944 from SD

Bf66 ringstand.
Bf66 ringstand.
5cm KwK 39 L/60.
5cm KwK 39 L/60.
Ammunition.
Ammunition.

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
Plan of the positions of the guns and magazine.

IGN from SD

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
One of the two 5cm KwK guns.

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Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
Liberation The Brigade took Villers-sur-Mer and Deauville on 22 August, and Trouville-sur-Mer and Honfleur at the mouth of the Seine on 24 August. This picture could have been around the 21st August 1944. The two helmeted soldiers were members of the "Brigade Piron". You can also see a captured German soldier, the local Gendarme, members of the Pompiers with their silver helmets and members of the public all stood around one of the 5cm ringstand.

Liberation

Early insignia of the "Brigade Piron".
Early insignia of the "Brigade Piron".
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade (Piron).
1st Belgian Infantry Brigade (Piron).
Jean-Baptiste Piron After the capitulation of Belgium on 28 May 1940 the military officer Jean-Baptiste Piron was interned He escaped and in April 1941 he succeeded in reaching England. There he joined the Belgian army in reconstruction in January 1942. Almost a year later Piron was called to London by the Belgian Prime Minister in exile Hubert Pierlot. In London he was informed about the definitive plans for the reorganization of the Belgian Ground Forces. Piron was appointed commander and soon thereafter lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, a new Belgian unit. The unit consisted of 2,500 soldiers and was trained in Wales. .
Jean-Baptiste Piron After the capitulation of Belgium on 28 May 1940 the military officer Jean-Baptiste Piron was interned He escaped and in April 1941 he succeeded in reaching England. There he joined the Belgian army in reconstruction in January 1942. Almost a year later Piron was called to London by the Belgian Prime Minister in exile Hubert Pierlot. In London he was informed about the definitive plans for the reorganization of the Belgian Ground Forces. Piron was appointed commander and soon thereafter lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, a new Belgian unit. The unit consisted of 2,500 soldiers and was trained in Wales. .

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville today, many of the original houses survive.

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Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
The patisserie.

21 July 2008

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

The bridge in 1947 with the British Army's Bailey bridge still in place.

1948

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville

Wn Trou030 Pont de Trouville
 

21 July 2008