What the records say
- When
- 12 Sep 1944 – 30 Apr 1945
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 45.70° N, 1.24° W
- Description
- 1944 siege
- War
- World War II
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l’opération Vénérable”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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