Montluçon
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Montluçon is a commune in central France on the river Cher. It is the largest commune in the Allier department, although the department's prefecture is located in the smaller town of Moulins. Its inha
The Château of the Dukes of Bourbon in Montluçon
Montluçon-Ville railway station
The Hôtel de Ville
Nancy Wake
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Nancy Grace Augusta Wake,, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born Australian nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Execut
Montluçon
…Dunlop), and electronics (Sagem), and more recently a technopole at La Loue was established for high-tech companies. New Zealand-born SOE agent Nancy Wake, the most decorated woman of World War II, led her small army of resistance fighters in the countryside around Montluçon. Wake died on 7 August 2011…
Wake in 1945
The medals awarded to Wake for her World War II service on display at the Australian War Memorial