Tag: landings
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 the footsteps of the African soldiers of the Provence landings
Eighty 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…
Provence Landings: Africa Remembers Its Soldiers Who Helped Liberate France in 1944
80 years ago, the French army landed in Provence on August 15, 1944 to liberate the country from the yoke of Nazi Germany. This army, then in full restructuring, was…
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…
80 years since the Normandy landings – ‘If we forget them, it’s like letting them die again’ | Foreign countries
Thousands of people gathered early in the morning on the beaches where the Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944. 10:56•Updated 11:16 Dramatic events of 80 years ago are being…
Normandy Landings Veterans Recall: Everyone Was Thinking Is This My Last Day On Earth | Foreign countries
Veterans of the turning point of the Second World War are now gathered together for perhaps the last time. It has been 80 years since the Normandy landings, which started…
80 years of the Landings: “In this commemoration, there is also the dimension of reconciliation”
In France, a week of commemoration begins, culminating on Thursday with the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings at Omaha Beach. We are obviously talking about the liberation of France…
the astonishing role of the Michelin guide in the Allied landings – L’Express
Among insiders, we call him “the American”. Or the “War”. An extremely rare version of the Michelin Guide, which every fan of the red book with stars must own… if…
Léon Gautier, last French survivor of the Normandy landings, is dead
He was the last member of the Kieffer commando, a battalion of 177 French marines who landed on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944. He died in Caen at…