Juju Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Hi guys, I'm going to France for a week on thursday, to Villers (Vosges district, just south of Nancy). I was wondering if any of you know any interesting WWII sites or museums in that area. If you do, could you please let me know? Merci in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foobar Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Juju, If you go looking for Villers-Bocage, where Wittman met his end, you will be disappointed. It is one of the few villages around that seems to be "modernized". I only did a single day of driving outside of Paris, so I hit the obvious. Went to Normandy/ Omaha Beach and memorial. BUT, I am told there is an excelelnt Museum in Bayeux, and also in Caen.. But sadly I didnt have time to stop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 hoi Juju ik heb nog een uitgebreide wegenkaart liggen van de omgeving van Normandie,mocht je in de buurt komen dan kun je hem zo afhalen. kennis van mij heeft die gekocht voor me met het doel om hem te gebruiken voor cm mappen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Hi, in fact there are a lot of "Villers" or "Villers-Somefink" in France. Sorry, I don't know a lot about the Vosges area... Find a good restaurant, it's better that all the WW stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 Originally posted by *Captain Foobar*: Juju, If you go looking for Villers-Bocage, where Wittman met his end, you will be disappointed. You are certain to be disappointed if you look for Villers-Bocage in the Vosges. And Wittman met his end at St-Aignan-le-Cramesnil. Originally posted by *Captain Foobar*: It is one of the few villages around that seems to be "modernized". [snips] Quite a lot of villages and towns in Normandy were flattened, and Villers-Bocage was demolished by heavy bombers. It is still nonetheless a rewarding place for a battlefield walk, as long as one bears in mid how the terrain has changed, which is better-recorded for V-B than for many places. A visit to Point 213 shows more clearly than books and maps can how significant the point was, and how Tigers could approach to close range unobserved; it also shows that the idea that the road was "blocked" by destroyed vehicles is clearly flapdoodle. St-Aignan, where Wittman was killed, and La Cambe, where he is buried, are also worth visiting. Sorry I haven't a clue what one might find in the Vosges. All the best, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 JuJu I normally play British ...... but for what it's worth search engine Copernicus provides me with two relevant hits on Villers-les-Nancy. Nothing war related found in a brief look but the refs are http://www.ot-nancy.fr/ http://00ced.free.fr/nancy/index.php3 The first one is the tourst board Bonne Vacance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted July 10, 2002 Author Share Posted July 10, 2002 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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