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Museum
The Army Museum in Paris, created in 1905, is one of the biggest museums of military art and history in the world. Its C...
The Musée de la Libération de Paris – Musée du Général Leclerc – Musée Jean Moulin was reopened into its new location at...
Story
After the liberation of Sneek on 15 April, it took until 5 May for Germany to officially capitulate. On 17 May, the firs...
Monument
The Shoah Memorial in Drancy was inaugurated in September 2012, opposite to the Cité de la Muette, about 10 kilometres f...
The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation (Deportation Memorial) can be found at the eastern tip of the Île de la Cité ...
The Shoah Memorial in Paris city centre can be found in the district of Le Marais, where a large Jewish population lived...
The House of European History in Brussels, Belgium was opened in May 2017 following an initiative of the European Parlia...
Battlefield
Sword was the code-name for the easternmost of the five landing beaches in Normandy. Reinforced by commandos and support...
Landmark
While preparing for Operation Overlord, the Allied strategists decided to build two artificial, pre-fabricated ports in ...
During the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944, general Leclerc, commander of the 2nd French Armoured Division, set up...
Pointe du Hoc is a high point between two of the five D-Day landing beaches, Utah and Omaha. It is renowned for the dari...
Omaha is the most renowned of the five landing beaches of D-Day, 6 June 1944. On this 6km-long beach the U.S. troops had...
During World War II, the royal family resides partly in London and partly in Canada. After the German invasion on May 10...
On 6 June 1944, Caen was bombed. 10,000 inhabitants abandoned their homes or left the city, and the Croix-Rouge (Red C...
Right form the beginning on 6 June 1944, the village of Ranville was at the heart of British airborne operations. Sur...
As soon as D-Day was announced, members of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) and the Caen Resistance gathered wi...
On 18 July 1944, General Montgomery launched a new offensive: Operation Goodwood. Located south-east of Caen, the aim...
On 7 August 1944, German forces cleared their defences south of Caen to counterattack Mortain. This provided General ...
During the Battle of Caen, eighteen Canadian soldiers, all prisoners of war, were executed by SS soldiers inside the...
RAF Dunholme Lodge opened in May 1943 and was located to the west of Dunholme village....
Chambois was the block in the so-called Falaise pocket. The junction in Chambois village, made on 19 August 1944 by A...
At 10 a.m. on Sunday September 3, the tanks of Task Force Mills (CCB/3rd AD) pass through Cuesmes on their way to Jemapp...
Frameries is an important transit point on the long road to Germany. From here, you can descend to the south-east toward...
From 5 to 6 September 1944, the US 9th Infantry Division liberated the town of Hastière, as they pushed through the Ar...