Ceremony at Pas de L'Aiguille

The anniversary of the Vercors battles commemorated in Ceremony at the Pas de l'Aiguille national necropolis and Les Fourchaux.
Sunday July 19, 2026
To be defined :
9am ceremony at Pas de l'Aiguille
11am ceremony at Les Fourchaux
On July 22 1944, at Pas de l'Aiguille, 23 maquisards were trapped in a cave under enemy fire. They resisted the assault for over 30 hours. In the middle of the night, they tried to escape down the slope. 7 of their comrades died up there, as did the local shepherd, while three of them, seriously wounded, chose to end their lives inside the cave. A national necropolis - the smallest in France - stands in their memory in the Chaumailloux valley, next to the cave where they died.

The theme of the commemoration will be reconciliation.