La ligne de démarcation

The demarcation line, a French control post - 1941

The RICM, the most decorated regiment of the French army

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

Les combats de la Loire Juin 1940

One of the bridges at Gennes after their destruction on the 19th June 1940

The Canadians and the Great War

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

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

Le Vaillant and his peers

Homing pigeons, the war's liaison officers

Lettre d'adieu de Guy Môquet

Année 1917 : le tournant

Military music – Heritage and remembrance

Since the inception of the armed forces, music has been used as a living expression of the human needs of the men, whether in active service or at leisure. A reflection of the military's relations with the nation, military musical art with its songs and orchestras remains one of the testaments to military culture and heritage.

This article explains its role and its purpose.

The navy infantry band. Source: SGA/DMPA - Jacques Robert

The unification of the Resistance

On the 27th January 1943, Henri Frenay, the leader of ”Combat”, Emmanuel d'Astier
de la Vigerie, the leader of ”Libération Sud” and Jean-Pierre Levy, the leader of
”Franc-Tireur”, signed the official document signifying the birth of the ”United
Résistance Movements” (MUR). Then there was the creation of the National
Council for the Résistance (CNR) which met on the 27th May 1943
in rue du Four in Paris.

History of the Senegalese tirailleurs

12 January 1918. The flag of the 43rd Battalion of Senegalese Tirailleurs, decorated with the fourragère. Source: L’album de la guerre 1914-1919. © L’illustration