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Who were the Free French?

Le général de Gaulle passe en revue les premiers volontaires de la France Libre. Source : Fondation de la France Libre

Qui étaient les Français libres ?

”Des hommes partis de rien” (René Cassin)

The roundup of 26 August 1942

Château de Chabannes children’s home. Public domain

Six weeks after the Vel d’Hiv roundup in the Paris area, on 26 August 1942 a roundup hit foreign Jewish refugees in the department of Creuse.

The Resistance in the Haute-Vienne department

Georges Guingouin with Limousin peasants.

Georges Guingouin. Source: © Musée de l’Ordre de la Libération – Rights reserved

In the Haute-Vienne department, Lieutenant Colonel Guingouin is an emblematic figure of the Resistance.

Vincennes, place militaire

The French on 6 June 1944

Commando Kieffer. Source: 4th Commando Museum

Operation Anvil-Dragoon in detail

Map of the landing in Provence. Photo DMPA

Operation ”Anvil-Dragoon” (code name for the landing in Provence) D Day: 15 August 1944

1930 - 1940 La ligne Maginot

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

Verdun : les évolutions de la mémoire d'une bataille symbolique

War Memorials

War Memorial in Azannes (Meuse department) - MINDEF/SGA/DMPA JP le Padellec

In many communities, war memorials stand in memory of the soldiers who ”Died for France”.

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