🪖 Verlaine Message Museum

France · Europe · 50.71°N, 3.15°E

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The Verlaine Message Museum or Museum of 5 June 1944 is a historical museum founded in 1991 in Tourcoing, France, near Lille. It is named after the message sent by the BBC's Radio Londres at 9:15 pm on June 5, 1944 announcing the imminent invasion of Normandy. The museum is housed in the concrete bunker where the German Wehrmacht intercepted the message.

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CountryFrance
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)50.71°N, 3.15°E · view on map

Verlaine Message Museum is located in France, in Europe.

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Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église) · Army Museum (Paris) · Blockhaus d'Éperlecques · Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial · Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum · Carrière Wellington · Casemate d'Esch · Casemate d'Oberroedern Sud · Casemate de Marckolsheim Sud · Casemate de Wittring.

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