Tag: Landing of Provence
In the footsteps of the African soldiers of the Provence landings
80 years ago, more than 250,000 fighters landed in Provence, in the south-east of France, two and a half months after D-Day in Normandy, to liberate the country occupied by…
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,…