Tag: history
This adventure film is considered one of the biggest flops in film history and the star saw the disaster coming from the beginning
There are genres that appear, make waves and then disappear into obscurity. Sometimes a certain film is credited with the end of the genre. To this day, The Pirate Bride…
Roger Cohen (New York Times): “Joe Biden wants allies to stay more united in Ukraine against Russia”
The 80th anniversary of the landing of the Allies at war against Nazi Germany was celebrated yesterday Thursday in Normandy. The D-Day ceremonies at Omaha Beach had Ukraine as the…
The British tell their D-DAY
During the Allied landings in Normandy in June 1944: 73,000 British soldiers were engaged alongside many others; it was from England that this vast operation to liberate Europe was orchestrated.…
how Normandy was able to capitalize on the history of the Landing – L’Express
For unsuspecting tourists, the scene may seem surprising. Along the national 13 which connects Caen to the coasts of Cotentin, in Normandy, military jeeps dating from the Second World War…
World leaders in Normandy for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Veterans of June 6, 1944 and leaders from around the world are meeting this Thursday in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when more than 150,000…
Stephan Steinlein: “We are honored and humiliated by this gesture of reconciliation from President Macron”
D-Day this Thursday, June 6, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings at Omaha Beach. A great moment of emotion for all the forces formerly in conflict. Stephan…
80 years since the landing: how does Normandy maintain D-Day?
This episode of News witnesses is part of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the landing. On this occasion, we speak with Valentin Hugues, journalist in the France department…
important day of memory for Emmanuel Macron
With the commemoration ceremonies for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Emmanuel Macron is at the center of the global diplomatic game. This Thursday, June 6 for D-Day, the…
in August 1944, the other Landing which liberated France from Nazi occupation
In France, the ceremonies for the 80th anniversary of the Normandy Landings are at their peak this Thursday in the presence of many heads of state. On June 6, 1944,…
the guardians of the memory of the Canadians who fell on June 6, 1944 at Juno Beach
As part of the Allied troops, 14,000 Canadian volunteers landed on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, in the Juno Beach area. A decisive contribution to the war effort,…