page_title: Abbey d'Ardenne
hierarchical_section_title: Abbey d'Ardenne
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ardennes Abbey in the Calvados department of Normandy, in France. Largely restored after it was used as an observation post for the German army in the Battle of Normandy. Approximately 27 Canadian prisoners of war were executed in or around the Abbey. Français&#160;: L'abbaye d'Ardenne dans le département normand du Calvados, en France. Restaurée après avoir été en grande partie endommagée du fait de son utilisation par les Allemands comme poste d'observation pendant la Bataille de Normandie.Approximativement 27 prisonniers de guerre canadiens y ont été exécutés.
context_page_description: L' Abbey d'Ardenne, the Abbey of Our Lady of the Ardennes, is a former Premonstratensian abbey founded in the 11th century and located near Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe in Calvados, near Caen, France. It is now occupied by the Institute of Contemporary Publishing Archives.
  In June 1944, 20 Canadian soldiers were illegally executed at the abbey by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. The event has become known as the Ardenne Abbey massacre.
context_section_description: L' Abbey d'Ardenne, the Abbey of Our Lady of the Ardennes, is a former Premonstratensian  abbey founded in the 11th century and located near Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe in Calvados, near Caen, France. It is now occupied by the Institute of Contemporary Publishing Archives.
  In June 1944, 20 Canadian soldiers were illegally executed at the abbey by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. The event has become known as the Ardenne Abbey massacre.
caption: l'Abbey d'Ardenne
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