Posted AT 1:43 PM EST on 24/07/08
When the army leaves, garrison towns hurt
BITCHE, France — The "A Vendre" signs and windows boarded up for more than a decade at the barracks in Bitche are just a taste of what is to come when the soldiers pull out for good under an overhaul of French military strategy.
Nowhere has it been felt more strongly than in such eastern garrison towns that once faced the age-old threat from Germany.
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