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Protecting our memorial heritage

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Fréjus (on left) - Tunisia (on right)

The origins of remembrance tourism

Between the 17th and the 20th centuries, France was the site of a great number
of armed conflicts which left behind many remnants as a lasting legacy.

La bataille de la Dyle - mai 1940

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10th May 1940. The arrival of French regiments in Belgium

1918: the Second Battle of the Marne (27 May - 6 August)

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Le mémorial des batailles de la Marne. Dormans.
Le mémorial des batailles de la Marne. Dormans. Source : GNU Free Documentation License

Following the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, on 3 March 1918, Germany hastened to transfer its troops from Russia to France. Now with numerical superiority over its British, French and Belgian adversaries, in order to secure victory it had to launch a series of offensives before the Americans arrived at the front.

The Resistance and the Networks

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Saboteur en action.
Saboteur en action.©MINDEF/SGA/DMPA

 

They rubbed shoulders with death to keep London informed, to help prisoners escape, to get pilots back home, to organise sabotages… They were part of a network.

L'invasion

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10th may 1940. The arrival of French regiments in Belgium

La Victoire... et ensuite ?

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1918 : les Belges à la reconquête de la Belgique

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La bataille de Verdun

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Douaumont Fort in 1916

La première guerre mondiale dans le Nord

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Le general Galliéni

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
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