Mémorial Général Guisan (en)
General Henri Guisan, Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Army during the 1939–1945 war, now has a memorial in Avenches
Avenches pays tribute to General Henri Guisan, the driving force behind the defence of the country and its independence during the Second World War.
On 25 July 1940, on the Grütli meadow, his call to resistance restored confidence to a people who were uncertain about their future.
Nine information panels are dotted around the memorial park: they trace the key moments of his life and shed light on the exceptional journey of the providential figure whom Switzerland so desperately needed at that time.
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