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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The Battle of Meximieux is a commitment to the Second World War of the United States forces, the maquis of Ain and the camp Didier trying to hinder the retreat of the German units going up the Rh\u00f4ne valley. The battle occurred in Meximieux as well as in the surroundings of this city, from August 31 to September 2, 1944 [ first ] . She opposed forces allied to 11 It is German panzardivision. The latter, despite the failure of her counter-offensive to take up Meximieux to the allies, fulfills her goal of blocking American troops for two days to allow the withdrawal of German battalions north of Lyon [ 2 ] .          (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsAugust 30, 1944 [ modifier | Modifier and code ] August 31, 1944 [ modifier | Modifier and code ] first is and September 2, 1944 [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Related articles [ modifier | Modifier and code ] external links [ modifier | Modifier and code ] August 30, 1944 [ modifier | Modifier and code ]  On August 30, 1944, an avant-garde led by Colonel Murphy and belonging to the 45 It is Infantry division has arrived in Meximieux, a city deserted by the Germans for several days [ first ] . The objective of this avant-garde is to allow the American army, which landed in Provence a few weeks earlier, to block German retirement around M\u00e2con [ first ] . Tanks of the 11 It is Panzerdivision then positioned themselves near Montluel and near the Valbonne camp [ first ] . The German command decides to separate the division into two attack groups [ first ] : The first group would leave from Dagneux, would try to take the Valbonne and the military camp before leaving northwest direction on Meximieux; The second group would be responsible for taking over the village of B\u00e9ligneux where a guerrillas oppose the Germans to maquisards from Camp Didier. In Meximieux, Colonel Murphy installs a PC with a small seminar [ 3 ] In view of the fight against the Germans who seem inevitable. For his part, Lieutenant-Colonel Michael S. Davison installs M10 tanks around Meximieux and around Charnoz-sur-Ain in anticipation of a defensive battle [ 3 ] . August 31, 1944 [ modifier | Modifier and code ]         (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Wend of Wietersheim EN 1944. The Germans finally launched three attack groups on August 31 [ 3 ] : The clashes between the Fighting group Kilp, On the one hand, and the Americans and the Giraud company (named Lieutenant Roger Giraud), on the other hand, the maquis of the Ain begin on the night of the 30 to 31 [ 4 ] . The day of August 31 sees many losses in men and equipment among the Germans, especially because of the fires made by the Americans from the Port of Port-Galland [ 5 ] . In front of this reverse, the von Wietersheim kommandeur who is at the head of the 11 It is Panzerdivision, decides to ask for help from Major B\u00f6dicker positioned at Cr\u00e9pieux-la-Pape, to obtain reinforcements [ 6 ] . He thus obtains the help of a Combat group Additional whose mission is to immediately block access to the two bridges held by the Americans, who span the Ain river: the Port-Galland bridge and the Chazey bridge [ 5 ] . This Combat group heads for the Meximieux region and chooses to camouflage itself in woods between the bushel and swing to spend the night [ 6 ] . first is and September 2, 1944 [ modifier | Modifier and code ]  The Chazey suspension bridge, destroyed on the morning of the first is September, by the Germans.  The Port-Galland bridge in March 2012.  The belfry of what was then the town hall (photographed here in March 2011). In the early morning, the Combat group Attack the Chazey bridge, takes it to the Americans and dynamite it at 6 a.m. [ 6 ] , [ 7 ] , [ 8 ] . This destruction makes the Port-Galland bridge all the more strategic which becomes the only access between the Dombes and the Ain plain [ 6 ] . The German column B\u00f6dicker So heads towards the locality of Port-Galland, hamlet of Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans, along the Ain River [ 9 ] . Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans was then the scene of violent fights: we deplore in the village at least a civilian victim and many material damage [ ten ] . During the morning, the Germans try the first time to take the Port-Galland bridge without achieving it [ 11 ] . The fights move to Port-Galland even where many houses in the hamlet are destroyed [ 11 ] . The Martin des Maquis de l’Ain company also participates in the defense of the bridge [ twelfth ] . Renouncing to take the bridge, the B\u00f6dicker combat group Then positioned itself south of the Valbonne [ 11 ] . After coordination with two others Combat group ( M\u00fcller And Shield ), all three columns undertake to take the Valbonne camp before attacking Meximieux [ 11 ] . The Valbonne is surrounded at 10:30 a.m. [ 11 ] And the Colin des FFI company is blocked in its retirement to Meximieux, on the national road [ 11 ] . If three Destroyer tanks manage to rally Meximieux, the losses are heavy for the allies: out of 193 American soldiers fighting in the Valbonne, 160 are taken prisoner and nine are killed [ 11 ] . The battle then refocus on the city of Meximieux where all American and French forces are concentrated [ 11 ] . On the German side, the Panzers Panther as well as the made -up vehicles all go to Meximieux [ 11 ] : they take up position to the south of the city around 12 noon [ 13 ] . Around 12:30 p.m., the Germans attempted a first offensive to take the south of the city, that is to say the station district [ 13 ] . The battle rages until about 6 p.m.: Several German tanks are destroyed (especially at a place called The Prairie ) [ 14 ] . The Germans attack from the south (a base camp is located at Rapan 45 \u00b0 53 \u2032 05 \u2033 N, 5 \u00b0 10 \u2032 08 \u2033 E, at the place of Peruges located at 3 km of Meximieux) but also from the North [ 15 ] . In Meximieux, Colonel Murphy based in a small seminar, has only two tank hunters at his disposal to defend the city [ 15 ] . On the other hand, he has benefited from the view of the plain of Ain from the belfry of what was then the town hall: he thus obtained precious information on German trips [ 15 ] . At the end of the afternoon, the Germans took the north of the city and are still trying to take the city from the south [ 16 ] . Following the capture of the Ch\u00e2teau de Meximieux, the fighting continues to melee in the city [ 17 ] . The Germans try overnight to take the small seminar defended by Captain Colin, without achieving it [ 2 ] . On September 2, 1944, around 3 a.m., Allied fighters learned that the Germans go away [ 18 ] , [ 2 ] . If from a military point of view, this obviously constitutes an allied victory, from a strategic point of view, the 11 It is Panzerdivision managed to slow the progress of the 45 It is Infantry division which would have been able to hinder German retirement north of Lyon.  Michael S. Davison, in 1971-1975 (he was then general). The municipality of Meximieux is one of the few local authorities in France (they are seventeen in total) to have received the resistance medal (allocated on September 22, 1945). Lieutenant-Colonel (who will become general later) Michael S. Davison is a honorary citizen of Meximieux, a city whose street is named. A famous stele in Meximieux, the maquisards killed during the fighting [ 19 ] . There is a place from Lieutenant Giraud in Meximieux [ 20 ] . At the end of August early September 2014, three days of commemoration were organized in Meximieux for the 70th anniversary of the Battle [ 21 ] . Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ] Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Deprun \u00ab 11.pz-Div. In combat (2) – The Battle of the Valbonne\/Meximieux (August 31 -September 2, 1944) \u00bb, 39-45 , n O 303, September 2012 , p. 10-33  Francis Lescel , Lyon objective , DG Communication, coll. “Near history”, 2004 Francis Lescel , MEXIMIEUX OBJECTIVE , DG Communication, 2000 Victor Fol and Charles Rudigoz , The Battle of Meximieux , Horvath, 1992 .  (in) . Embry , The Battle of Meximieux , Archives Leaveworth, 1946-47 Patrick Veyret, ‘ The Battle of Meximieux \u00bb , on Maquisdelain.org .  St\u00e9phane Christophe \u00ab Robert Volland remembers the battle of Meximieux \u00bb, Progress , first is September 2011 ( read online )  Pierre Chaudet , Patrick Dalmaz , Pascal Gar and Patrick Lemasson , The canton of Meximieux , Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Alan Sutton, coll. “Memory in pictures”, 2007 .  Collective work , Tourist and archaeological riches of the canton of Meximieux: Meximieux, Bourg-Saint-Christophe, Charnoz, Faramans, Joyeux, Le Montellier, P\u00e9rouges, Rignieux-le-Franc, Saint-\u00c9loi, Saint-Jean-de-Niost, Saint-Maurice- De-Gourdans, Villieu-Loyes-Mollon , Society of History and Archeology of the Plaine de l’Ain, 2000 , 306 p.  (ISBN\u00a0 978-2907656320 ) Related articles [ modifier | Modifier and code ] external links [ modifier | Modifier and code ] On other Wikimedia projects: \u2191 A B C D and E Deprun 2012, p. ten.  \u2191 A B and C Deprun 2012, p. 30.  \u2191 A B and C Deprun 2012, p. 11.  \u2191 Deprun 2012, p. twelfth.  \u2191 a et b Deprun 2012, p. 13.  \u2191 A B C and D Deprun 2012, p. 14.  \u2191 Victor Fol and Charles Rudigoz , The Battle of Meximieux , Horvath, 1992 , p. 53-56 .  \u2191 Christian Prat, ‘ The Chazey bridge \u00bb , on Chazey-SUR-ARR-FR .  \u2191 Deprun 2012, p. 15.  \u2191 Chaudet et al. 2007, p. 128.  \u2191 a b c d e f g h and 1 Deprun 2012, p. 16.  \u2191 ‘ An episode of the Battle of Meximieux \u00bb , on Maquisdelain.org .  \u2191 a et b Deprun 2012, p. 18-19.  \u2191 Deprun 2012, p. 20-23.  \u2191 A B and C Deprun 2012, p. 24-25.  \u2191 Deprun 2012, p. 26-27.  \u2191 Deprun 2012, p. 30-31.  \u2191 Patrick Veyret, ‘ The Battle of Meximieux \u00bb , on Maquisdelain.org .  \u2191 ‘ F.U.J. \u00bb , on Maquisdelain.org .  \u2191 [PDF]  ‘ 65 It is Anniversary of the Meximieux Battle \u00bb , on Maidie-Meximieux.fr .  \u2191 ‘ Three days of commemoration for the 70 It is Liberation anniversary \u00bb , on leprogres.fr , Progress , August 15, 2014 .         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