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Passing through Le Clos in the Limousin last August, I took these photographs where Violett Szabo came down by parachute on her second and what was to be her final operation into occupied France.
Le Clos,south east of Limoges and about 20 kms east of the A20 is a hamlet comprising of one farm, one house and an abandoned house and I suppose not much has happened to it since the end of the war.This area is worth visiting being an example of the beautiful Limousin countryside.On the west side of the hamlet stands Mt Gargan, a scene of intense resistance activity under Georges Guingouin, a former teacher sacked by Vichy,a communist who did not wait until June 1941 to oppose the German occupation.
Le Clos.Entering the hamlet from the south.
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