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Leclerc's promise involved hoisting the flag over what, indicating the liberation of France?
Notre-Dame de Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Strasbourg Cathedral
Mont Saint-Michel
Answer
The liberation of France was signaled by the hoisting of the French flag over Strasbourg Cathedral. The cathedral, located in the eastern part of the country, had been occupied by the Germans since the start of World War II. The raising of the flag was a symbolic gesture that marked the end of the German occupation and the restoration of French sovereignty.
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