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The attack on Tulle, 7 and 8 June 1944

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Men hanged in Tulle, on the bridge in the Souilhac quarter.
Men hanged in Tulle, on the bridge in the Souilhac quarter. Source: DR

The city of Tulle was attacked by the FTP resistance forces in a temporary occupation whose goal was to demoralise the German troops occupying the city.

L'année 1944

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

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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The situation in Germany in early 1916

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German attack in Verdun. Source: Bundesarchiv. Public domain.
German attack in Verdun. Source: Bundesarchiv. Public domain.

At the start of 1916, the war map was very much in Germany's favour, but the leaders of the Reich were obliged to consider the difficulties within the Dual Alliance (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and above all the threat of economic asphyxia.

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.

1917 - l'Année incertaine

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Clémenceau on the front in 1917

Ypres, 22 avril 1915 : les premières attaques au gaz de combat

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British gas launcher tubes

Le retour des prisonniers de guerre en 1945

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Repatriated prisoners and deportees

La bataille de Champigny

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Movement of the artillery Battle of Champigny

Le mur de l'Atlantique

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Construction of the Atlantic Wall

The Korean War sixty years on: history and remembrance

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Camp de base du BF/ONU à Kapyong.
Camp de base du BF/ONU à Kapyong. Source : ECPAD

Breaking out on 25 June 1950, the Korean War was a major conflict of the Cold War and one of the deadliest in the second half of the 20th century.


The war also represented a first test for the UN which, to prevent the outbreak of a third world war, appealed to its member states to form an international army. France's involvement, by sending a battalion of military volunteers that proved its valour on a number of occasions, paved the way for the Opex (overseas operations of the French military) and sealed its partnership with South Korea.

Les prisonniers de guerre français 1914-1918

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French prisoners getting into a railroad car under the guard of German soldiers.