La Paix

1917 - l'Année incertaine

The Korean War sixty years on: history and remembrance

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.

Au nom de tous les autres : l'Internationale des Soldats inconnus (1916-2004)

The tomb of the British Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey in London

1917 - année de la guerre sous-marine à outrance

La Première Guerre mondiale (1914-1918)

Août 1944 - Libération de Paris

A line of German prisoners around the Place de l'Opéra on the 25th August 1944

11 November: a day of remembrance

Des canons allemands sont traînés, le 11 novembre 1918, sur la place de l'Opéra et les boulevards, au milieu des farandoles.

Why is 11 November still today one of the major dates in the French commemorative calendar?

If 11 November has become a day of remembrance, it is also the recollection of a single day, the Armistice of 1918 that finally brought the battles of the First World War (1914-1918) to an end.

The Armistice procession, 11 November 1918. Source: SHD collection