PONT-FARCY/TESSY-SUR-VIRE
Manche - 20 and 18 km south of Saint-Lô
The XLVIIth Panzer-Korps was withdrawn for the Operation Lûttich
By end of July 1944, the push of the Operation Cobra resulted in the collapse of the German front line west of Saint-Lô. The first units of the 2nd Panzer-Division were committed in the area of Tessy-sur-Vire on 28 July, and they immediately carried out a counter-attack. Facing the British the 116th Panzer-Division attempted in vain to take back Mont Robin north of Percy. East of the river Vire the IInd German Parachutist Corps withdrew, and the 35th American Infantry Division entered Torigni-sur-Vire on 31. Facing the XIXth and Vth American Corps the XLVIIth Panzer-Korps began to retreat, since armoured units were needed for the Operation Lüttich. The 30th Infantry Division seized Troisgots seven kilometers north of Tessy-sur-Vire, where the 2nd Panzer-Division and the remnants of the 352nd Infantry Division resisted to the bitter end. The Americans entered Tessy-sur-Vire on 2 August in the morning. The XLVIIth Panzer-Korps withdrew through Pont-Farcy liberated on 3 August by the 35th Infantry Division.
     
 
 
 
     
 
35th Infantry Division stele
Pont-Farcy
Stele in memory of the soldiers of the 35th American Infantry Division, who were killed in the fighting to liberate Pont-Farcy.
Situation : in the center of the city
  
  Liberation stele
Tessy-sur-Vire
Stele commemorating the liberation of the city by the American troops on 2 August 1944.
Situation : in front of the city hall
 
  29th and 30th Infantry Divisions plaque
Tessy-sur-Vire
Plaque in memory of the soldiers of the 29th and 30th American Infantry Divisions, who fought for the liberation of the town.
Situation : in front of the church
   
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INTERESTING WEB SITES

Personal web site about the 2rd US Armored Division
 http://www.2ndarmoredhellonwheels.com/
Official web site of the 35th US Infantry Division
http://www.35thinfdivassoc.com/Normandy/
Personal web site about the German parachutists
http://www.eagle19.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
Manche departmental tourism office web site
http://www.manchetourisme.com/
 
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