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1930 - 1940 La ligne Maginot

From the Munich conference until the Second World War

29 septembre 1938. Signature des accords de Munich - Neville Chamberlain, Premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne; Edouard Daladier, président du Conseil français, le chancelier Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini et le comte Ciano, ministre des affaires étrangères

Verdun : les évolutions de la mémoire d'une bataille symbolique

War Memorials

War Memorial in Azannes (Meuse department)
War Memorial in Azannes (Meuse department) - MINDEF/SGA/DMPA JP le Padellec

In many communities, war memorials stand in memory of the soldiers who ”Died for France”.

La ligne de démarcation

The RICM, the most decorated regiment of the French army

The RICM flag in Douaumont. Source: Colion troops archives.
The RICM flag in Douaumont. Source: Colion troops archives.

Les combats de la Loire Juin 1940

The Canadians and the Great War

La Bataille de Vimy. peinture de Richard Jack.
La Bataille de Vimy. peinture de Richard Jack. Source : Musée canadien de la guerre

In 1914, Canada, along with Australia and New Zealand, was not a colony. It was a powerful dominion, an autonomous state, attached to the home country by mutual agreement. The dominions were not obliged to provide the motherland with either subsidies or military contingents.

Le Vaillant and his peers

Pigeon stamp
Homing pigeons, a variety of common domestic pigeons. Public domain.

Le Vaillant and his peers
Homing pigeons, the war's liaison officers

Année 1917 : le tournant