France
ELMS commemorative trails across France follow the wartime escape routes through Brittany, the Pyrenees and the southern foothills. These multi-day walks combine historical briefings, wreath-laying ceremonies and meetings with descendants of the helpers who sustained the lines.
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Le Chemin de la Liberte (Pat O'Leary Line)
Le Chemin de la Liberte (The French Freedom Trail) The Museum for Le Chemin de la Liberte was inaugurated in 2007 and is situated on the D117 road leading into St Girons from the north and built on th…
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The Comete Freedom Trail The Comète Line was one of the most successful escape routes of the Second World War, shepherding Allied airmen—over twenty nationalities in all—from Brussels through Paris an…
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The Shelburn Freedom Trail Operation Shelburn was an MI9 beach extraction network that returned more than 130 evaders and fugitives to England between December 1943 and August 1944. Established by Can…
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Operation Frankton Frankton Souvenir The Frankton Trail commemorates Operation Frankton—the daring December 1942 raid by the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment that crippled enemy shipping in Bordea…
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