La Meauffe () is a commune in the

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department in

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in north-western

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History

On the 11 and 12 July 1944, the village was attacked by the

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while defended by the German 352 ID and units of the 266 ID. The fighting, violent, started the 11th and ended the 12th, cost the lives of 19 US soldiers, wounding 170, with 25 missing. The road D54, leading to La Meauffe was renamed the ''Death Valley Road'' by the US soldiers.La Meauffe en 1944
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/ref> La Meauffe-Cimetière 3.JPG, Funeral chapel, with bullet and shrapnel holes. La Meauffe-Cimetière 2.JPG, Stone memorial for the 35th ID. La Meauffe-Cimetière 8.JPG, Shrapnel holes on a headstone. La Meauffe-Cimetière 10.JPG, Stone of the Calvary cross, marked by the fighting.

History

Heraldry

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