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2nd World War

Remembering the 1940 armistice
Remembering the 1940 armistice
The fighting at Chasselay
The fighting at Chasselay
19-20 June 1940
The Battle of Saumur
The Battle of Saumur
19-20 June 1940
The Battle of Stonne-Oches
The Battle of Stonne-Oches
13 May-10 June 1940
The Battle of Montcornet
The Battle of Montcornet
16-17 May 1940
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of Dunkirk
28 May - 4 June 1940
L'invasion
L'invasion
1930 - 1940 La ligne Maginot
1930 - 1940 La ligne Maginot
From the Munich conference until the Second World War
From the Munich conference until the Second World War
Les combats de la Loire Juin 1940
Les combats de la Loire Juin 1940
La France en guerre 1939 - 1940
La France en guerre 1939 - 1940
The military cemeteries of the France 1940 campaign
The military cemeteries of the France 1940 campaign
French, British and Germans in Norway
French, British and Germans in Norway
April-June 1940
The Norwegian campaign (9 April - 7 June 1940)
The Norwegian campaign (9 April - 7 June 1940)
The Battle of Bir Hakeim
The Battle of Bir Hakeim
The 1st Free French Brigade against the Afrika Korps (26 May to 11 June 1942)
Operation Torch: the Allied landings in North Africa
Operation Torch: the Allied landings in North Africa
La bataille de la Dyle - mai 1940
La bataille de la Dyle - mai 1940
Battle of El Alamein, October-November 1942
Battle of El Alamein, October-November 1942
The Landing Beaches, Normandy 1944
The Landing Beaches, Normandy 1944
The landings and battle of Provence
The landings and battle of Provence
The beaches of the Normandy landings
The beaches of the Normandy landings
Normandie, 6 June 1944
D-Day
D-Day
6 June 1944
Canada in World War II
Canada in World War II
Arromanches harbour
Arromanches harbour
Operation « Jubilee », Dieppe – 19 August 1942
Operation « Jubilee », Dieppe – 19 August 1942
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord
Provence août 1944
Provence août 1944
Operation « Anvil-Dragoon » in detail
Operation « Anvil-Dragoon » in detail
D Day in Normandy
D Day in Normandy
The liberation of Paris
The liberation of Paris
The “Battle of the Hedgerows”
The “Battle of the Hedgerows”
The Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Normandy
The Normans in the war
The Normans in the war
The liberation of Marseille
The liberation of Marseille
Liberation of Grenoble
Liberation of Grenoble
22 August 1944
The liberation of Corsica, 9 September - 4 October 1943
The liberation of Corsica, 9 September - 4 October 1943
The liberation of Lorraine
The liberation of Lorraine
The liberation of Caen.
The liberation of Caen.
Normandy - Falaise Pocket
Normandy - Falaise Pocket
Battles of Saint-Marcel
Battles of Saint-Marcel
June 1944
Liberation of the Lorient Pocket
Liberation of the Lorient Pocket
Battle of Normandy, June-August 1944
Battle of Normandy, June-August 1944
After the Liberation, rebuild a country in ruins ...
After the Liberation, rebuild a country in ruins ...
French civilian victims of the Battle of Normandy
French civilian victims of the Battle of Normandy
Le déminage de la France après 1945
Le déminage de la France après 1945
L'année 1944
L'année 1944
Le retour des prisonniers de guerre en 1945
Le retour des prisonniers de guerre en 1945
Août 1944 - Libération de Paris
Août 1944 - Libération de Paris
Lettre d'adieu de Guy Môquet
Lettre d'adieu de Guy Môquet
The Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference
20 January 1942
The attack on Tulle, 7 and 8 June 1944
The attack on Tulle, 7 and 8 June 1944
La politique des otages sous l'Occupation
La politique des otages sous l'Occupation
The internment of the Gypsies in France during the Second World War
The internment of the Gypsies in France during the Second World War
NN – Deportees sentenced to vanish
NN – Deportees sentenced to vanish
The roundup of 26 August 1942
The roundup of 26 August 1942
L'internement : La France des camps (1938-1946)
L'internement : La France des camps (1938-1946)
The Deportation
The Deportation
Les déportations de France
Les déportations de France
Les grandes rafles de Juifs en France
Les grandes rafles de Juifs en France
Bobigny from ruins to remembrance site
Bobigny from ruins to remembrance site
From camps without memory to remembrance without camps
From camps without memory to remembrance without camps
Saint Pol Internment Camp
Saint Pol Internment Camp
Prisoners at home...
Les Frontstalags
Les Frontstalags
Liberation of the camps
Liberation of the camps
Remembering the martyr villages Maille
Remembering the martyr villages Maille
Remembering the martyr villages Oradour-sur-Glane
Remembering the martyr villages Oradour-sur-Glane
Mont Valérien: a site of history and remembrance
Mont Valérien: a site of history and remembrance
The files of the LVF and the Légion tricolore
The files of the LVF and the Légion tricolore
Selbstschutzpolizei : collaborators in the police
Selbstschutzpolizei : collaborators in the police
The militia of the collaborationist movements
The militia of the collaborationist movements
A cart is ready
A cart is ready
Many mysterious executions
Many mysterious executions
La ligne de démarcation
La ligne de démarcation
In the footsteps of the Resistance in Lyon
In the footsteps of the Resistance in Lyon
The Resistance
The Resistance
The Resistance Movements
The Resistance Movements
The unification of the Resistance
The unification of the Resistance
Remembering the Resistance: the Vercors maquis
Remembering the Resistance: the Vercors maquis
The maquis
The maquis
The Battle of Glières
The Battle of Glières
31 January - 26 March 1944
Le Vercors
Le Vercors
11 November 1943
11 November 1943
Parade of the Maquis of Ain at Oyonnax
Maquis du Mont Mouchet
Maquis du Mont Mouchet
The liberation of Paris
The liberation of Paris
Sabotage
Sabotage
Liberation of Grenoble
Liberation of Grenoble
22 August 1944
The Resistance in Bigorre (65)
The Resistance in Bigorre (65)
Le 11 novembre 1940
Le 11 novembre 1940
La Résistance en actes
La Résistance en actes
Geneviève de Gaulle : « To serve with all my strength »
Geneviève de Gaulle : « To serve with all my strength »
The Song of the Partisans
The Song of the Partisans
Vercors
Vercors
20 February 1942: publication of the novel Le Silence de la Mer
The Men of Glières
The Men of Glières
The Resistance in the Haute-Vienne department
The Resistance in the Haute-Vienne department
The role of Navy officers in the Resistance (1940-1944)
The role of Navy officers in the Resistance (1940-1944)
The place of the resistance movement in German national remembrance
The place of the resistance movement in German national remembrance
German resistance to Nazism
German resistance to Nazism
The institutional challenges for Free France
The institutional challenges for Free France
The institutions of Combatant France
The institutions of Combatant France
Rebuilding the French Army (1943-1945)
Rebuilding the French Army (1943-1945)
Aux origines de la France Libre
Aux origines de la France Libre
Who were the Free French?
Who were the Free French?
The 1st Free French Division (DFL)
The 1st Free French Division (DFL)
New Caledonia in the two World Wars
New Caledonia in the two World Wars
Rallying the Empire to Free France
Rallying the Empire to Free France
1940
August 1944 – The 2nd Armoured Division in Normandy
August 1944 – The 2nd Armoured Division in Normandy
The French on 6 June 1944
The French on 6 June 1944
The Free French Air Force
The Free French Air Force
Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac : the route to enlistment
Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac : the route to enlistment
Remembering the Resistance: Mont Valérien
Remembering the Resistance: Mont Valérien
The high reliefs of Mont Valérien
The high reliefs of Mont Valérien
From the BCRA archives to the White Paper
From the BCRA archives to the White Paper
1944-45 : Interrogating network agents des réseaux
1944-45 : Interrogating network agents des réseaux
Les Transmissions in service of action
Les Transmissions in service of action
Decree 366 of 25 July 1942
Decree 366 of 25 July 1942
The secret services of Vichy
The secret services of Vichy
Occupied France. The BCRA : Londres › Alger › Paris
Occupied France. The BCRA : Londres › Alger › Paris
The special services and their archives
The special services and their archives
From yesterday to today
From yesterday to today
From BCRA to the DGSE
« The guardian angel » of the V1s
« The guardian angel » of the V1s
The fall of the « Alliance » network
The fall of the « Alliance » network
The caricatures of the Metz SD
The caricatures of the Metz SD
German police and agents in Occupied France
German police and agents in Occupied France
The services of German repression in Occupied France
The services of German repression in Occupied France
In the name of the German people !
In the name of the German people !
Around Father Blanc: the infiltration of a network
Around Father Blanc: the infiltration of a network
« Alias Bäumchen »: the Abwehr's informers
« Alias Bäumchen »: the Abwehr's informers
Hans Sommer, from SD to Stasi
Hans Sommer, from SD to Stasi
The Kurt Lischka file
The Kurt Lischka file
The trial of the chamber of deputies: the sacrificed
The trial of the chamber of deputies: the sacrificed
« Bad news » from France
« Bad news » from France
From Klaus Barbie to Klaus Altmann
From Klaus Barbie to Klaus Altmann
Rebuilding the French Army (1943-1945)
Rebuilding the French Army (1943-1945)
August 1944 – The 2nd Armoured Division in Normandy
August 1944 – The 2nd Armoured Division in Normandy
The French on 6 June 1944
The French on 6 June 1944
The Free French Air Force
The Free French Air Force
The SiPo
The SiPo
The Wehrmacht, an instrument of repression of the Resistance in France
The Wehrmacht, an instrument of repression of the Resistance in France
The colonised soldiers of the French Empire
The colonised soldiers of the French Empire
19th and 20th centuries
The Senegalese tirailleurs in the Battle of France
The Senegalese tirailleurs in the Battle of France
1940
The overseas soldiers in the Second World War
The overseas soldiers in the Second World War
Les troupes américaines en France - 2° GM
Les troupes américaines en France - 2° GM
The liberation of Strasbourg
The liberation of Strasbourg
November 1944 – January 1945
The maquis
The maquis