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MEMORIAL & MUSEUM OF THE CORPS FRANC POMMIES

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Place Capitaine-Paul-Soulès, 65230Castelnau Magnoac, France
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2024
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2024

Memorial & Museum of the Corps Franc Pommes, the largest military force in the South-West during the Second World War.

The Corps Franc Pommiès (CFP), part of the Army Resistance Organization, was the largest military force in the Southwest during World War II. It was founded by General André Pommiès of the 49th Infantry Regiment, which was disbanded at the time of the Armistice. The CFP's mission was to harass the German forces and to carry out sabotage on the ground on strategic installations in order to avoid deadly Allied bombings. Every June 6, the veterans come to the memorial overlooking the museum and commemorate the generalized attack that began on the same day in 1944: 9,000 Resistance fighters supervised by military personnel participated. The fight lasted until the end of August, with battles taking them as far as Tarbes, Montauban, Auch, Mont-de-Marsan and Oloron-Sainte-Marie. They also cut off the retreat of the occupying forces towards Spain. In September 1944, the men with the black star (their emblem) joined the first army and took part in the Vosges campaign and then in the Alsace campaign. In February 1945, the CFP became the 49th Infantry Regiment. During its 900 military operations, 387 members were killed and 156 deported. Castelnau-Magnoac was entrusted with the Memorial and the museum took its place in the center of the village in the Bougues café which served as the mailbox of the maquis: documents, photos, weapons, military equipment and heritage of the 49th RI are on display.

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