5-639: Oradour is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Oradour-sur-Glane , in the Haute-Vienne département , destroyed along with almost all of its inhabitants by the Nazis Oradour-sur-Glane massacre Oradour, Cantal Oradour, Charente Oradour-Fanais , in the Charente département Oradour-Saint-Genest , in
10-496: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oradour-sur-Glane (commune) Oradour-sur-Glane ( French pronunciation: [ɔʁaduʁ syʁ ɡlan] ; Occitan : Orador de Glana ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department , Nouvelle-Aquitaine , west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune. Before World War II, Oradour-sur-Glane
15-524: The Haute-Vienne département Oradour-sur-Vayres , in the Haute-Vienne département Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oradour . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oradour&oldid=700202769 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
20-523: The commanding officer of the Der Führer regiment of the Das Reich division had wanted to destroy another French town, Oradour-sur-Vayres , whose people were said to be providing food and shelter to the maquis , but had taken a wrong turn on the road, which led him and his men to Oradour-sur-Glane, whose people had never supported the maquis . A new village was built after the war on a nearby site, but on
25-473: Was a quiet, rural community. The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day , when 643 of its inhabitants, including 247 children, were massacred by a company of troops belonging to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich , a Waffen-SS unit of the military forces of Nazi Germany in World War II . There were only six survivors of the massacre. SS Sturmbannführer Adolf Diekmann ,
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