A third one was added in 1947, as a gift of the people of Bohan for God’s protection during the war.Įvidently, because Bohan is located in Belgium, the real battles on the Semois took place at the end of the war, when the German army was already rooted from Normandy and when Paris had already been liberated. The 2nd bell dates from 1909 and has remained untouched. After the war, it has been replaced by a new bell with the following engraving: ‘I replace my sister, built in 1860 and stolen during the war in 1943.’ The location of the original bell is unknown, although one can imagine it was used to fuel the German war effort in some way or the other. The largest one was stolen by the German occupier in 1943. The church of Semois currently has three bells. Bohan is located in southern Belgium, almost right on the French border, some 50 miles off Bastogne, and only 10 miles further you will find Montherme, another Coh map. Many of such villages have suffered axis retribution after their secret activities had been uncovered, luckily, Bohan-sur-Semois escaped that terrible fate. Many others chose to continue the fight and would go underground, setting up resistance networks and attempting to damage the German war effort by any means available to them.īohan-sur-Semois was such a town, at a remote location in the rugged countryside, where these resistance fighters staged their actions. Many Belgians, hypnotized by the mighty German army, joined the ranks of Hitler’s Waffen SS in the newly created divisions of ‘Langemark’ for the Flemings and ‘Wallonia’ for the Walloons, followers of Hitler wannabe, Leon Degrelle. This means that from April 1940, the whole of Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany, and France quickly followed this grievous fate. (Who subsequently escaped complete annihilation through the ‘miracle‘ of Dunkirk). Several villages in the area are called ….-sur-semois, but when you’ll see the pictures you will know why I have chosen the town of Bohan-sur-Semois as the inspiration for our beloved Coh-map.Įnough with all the semantics now, let’s get straight into the action.īelgium was overrun within a month by the German Blitzkrieg offensive on their way to France, despite valiant resistance of the tiny Belgian army backed up by a small contingent of B.E.F.
This made me conclude that the coh map Semois must be situated in southern Belgium.
The ingame-spelling matches the Belgian spelling. However, the French spell it as follows: Semoy. The Semois is actually a river flowing from Belgium into France. Think again, It does not (at least, I have not been able to locate it). When we talk about Semois in Coh, it is easy to assume that the village of Semois must exist somewhere in France, right?
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