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Alsace Freed as Allied Liberation Reaches Strasbourg
Alsace stands as the first French heartland liberated as General de Lattre de Tassigny advances toward the Rhine. Strasbourg may be first to see American or French liberators, with Alsace’s French soul reaffirmed and the Marseillaise rising once more.
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Alsace
France
de Lattre de Tassigny
Rhine
Gaul
Bismarck
Lorraine
Germany
Hitler
Strasbourg
Stybourg
Rouget de Lig