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Battle of Normandy, June-August 1944

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Avranches Breakthrough
Avranches Breakthrough. Source: United States Government

Battle of Normandy, June-August 1944

La première guerre mondiale dans le Nord

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Le general Galliéni

Le Soldat Inconnu

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Entrée en guerre des États-Unis en 1917

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General Pershing arrived in Boulogne on 13 June 1917

The French Foreign Legion

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Flag of the Foreign Legion with grenade and seven rising flames.
Flag of the Foreign Legion with grenade and seven rising flames. Source: Personal collection

The French Foreign Legion - History

Les grandes rafles de Juifs en France

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The rounding up of Jews in Paris

The Free French Air Force

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Équipage Français d'un bombardier
Equipage Français d'un bombardier "Boston" du groupe "Lorraine" de retour de Mission Source : .geoforum.fr

Les Forces aériennes françaises libres sont créées le 7 juillet 1940 à Londres et placées (provisoirement) sous les ordres de l'amiral Muselier, commandant les Forces navales françaises libres.

The causes of the Great War

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The President of the Republic in Russia. The tsar and the President of the French Republic inspect marine guards in Peterhof

La Paix

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Pigeongrams

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A pigeongram
A pigeongram. Source: Museum of the French Postal Service.

The pigeongram was a small microfilm designed to be transported by carrier pigeon.
It was invented during the time of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the Siege of Paris.
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