The Limousine population paid a heavy toll for its resistance . Numerous maquisards were killed , executed , tortured or deported . Following the Normandy landings , the 2nd SS Division Das Reich , stationed in Montauban , was ordered to make its way across the country to help stop the Allied advance . Along their way into Corrèze and Haute-Vienne , the Germans came under continuous attacks from the maquisards . In reprisal , they slaughtered hundreds of civilians in Tulle on June 9 and at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10 , 1944 . Limousin and France were profoundly affected by these massacres
Tulle
Tulle massacre
Maquis du Limousin