The bronze figure of General Leclerc stands atop a high stone pedestal, his gaze fixed firmly toward the east. He wears the uniform of a French officer from the Second World War, his arm raised in a sharp, definitive salute. This monument marks the path taken by the French Second Armored Division during the liberation of Paris in August nineteen forty-four. Leclerc led these troops from the outskirts of Saint-Mande straight into the city, effectively ending the German occupation of the capital.
Monument au Général Leclerc
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