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Fortification (from the 16th to the 20th century): this covers the defence of borders from Vauban's fortresses and their immediate predecessors, up to the structures on the Maginot line, as well as the forts of Séré de Rivières, the blockhaus of the Atlantic wall and the Festen fortifications of Lorraine and Alsace. |
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The imperial war and, later, the national defence. |
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Re-live the Great War: the causes, the worldwide conflict, the fronts of the Marne and the Somme, the 300 days of Verdun, the year 1917, the Eastern front, the year 1918 |
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The phony war, the invasion, the demarcation line, the resistance, internment, the deportations, the German Frontstalags, the Normandy landings, the landing in Provence, the liberation, mine clearance. Other topics can be found (for example: conscription, French presence overseas etc). |
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