WW I memorial with thousands of fallen soldier’s names on the walls.
Menin Gate was the closest entry point from the town to the front line.
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Musée du 5 juin 1944
Musée du 5 juin 1944 , 4 bis Av. de la Marne, 59200 Tourcoing
On 5th of June 1944 at 21.15pm, a German officer intercept a signal with a English poem which was the code for the Allied invasion's in Europe. He reported back but nobody took him seriously. From 01.20am until 18.30pm Germans in Normandy were sending continuous requests to this small