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The Battle of Bir Hakeim

French Legionnaires attack an enemy position at Bir Hakeim, 12 June 1942. Source: Imperial War Museum.

Between 26 May and 11 June 1942, the 1st Free French Brigade (1st BFL) faced the Afrika Korps and its Italian allies on the Libyan front. It did not fall back from its position at Bir Hakeim until it had secured the withdrawal of British troops.

La Victoire... et ensuite ?

14 July 1945

Défilé du 14 juillet 1945 à Paris. Vue aérienne de la place de la Bastille. ©ecpa>d

From the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Nation and taking in Place de la Bastille where the official stand was located, the crowd gathered on the parade route through Paris adorned with tricolours. After an interruption lasting six years the French national holiday was again celebrated with Europe finally at peace and the country liberated.

1918 - Les temps forts d'une année de combat

Georges Clemenceau, made head of the French Government on 16 November 1917, photographed on the 19th at the War Department.

Le Chemin des Dames

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

Année 1917 : le tournant

Battle of El Alamein, October-November 1942

General Sir Bernard Montgomery. Source: Imperial War Museum.

The Battle of El Alamein remains the most famous Allied victory in North Africa, against the German and Italian troops of Field Marshal Rommel.

L'année 1944

The principal axes of the Allied advance between June and September 1944

The French Foreign Legion

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

The French Foreign Legion - History

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