Louvain - Luxembourg - Le Havre

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
44/76
Date Released
21 Sep 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Sports Reports - Last Round and Last Lap
  2. 2Louvain - Luxembourg - Le Havre
  3. 3The Second Quebec Conference
  4. 4Back to Blighty (POWs Return to UK)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
The City Hall of Louvain where 4 years ago Montgomery left a brown pullover and has now had it returned to him by Belgian monks. The town of Luxembourg greets Prince Felix as he returns after the city has been liberated. Nazi flag is burnt in the streets. Street fighting between British troops and Germans in Le Havre. A suicide squad of 9,000 Germans was left to fight it out but in the end German soldiers and sailors give themselves up realising that further resistance is futile.
Keywords
Royalty; Prisoners of war; Military
Locations
France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Le Havre; Louvain
Length of story (in feet)
179
Story extras:
Film clip
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