1944, shortly after the battle for the Vercors, the area was liberated from German control by the Americans and the FFI. The Vercors Massif is a roughly triangular-shaped...
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The Vercors massif (French pronunciation: [vɛʁkɔʁ]; Occitan: Vercòrs) is a mountain range in eastern France consisting of rugged plateaus and mountains...
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Jean Bruller (redirect from Vercors (writer))
of northern France and his texts were published using the pseudonym Vercors (though he used this name for works published before the 1944 Battle of Vercors)...
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artillery, and liberal use of landmines. A force of 4,000 French Resistance (FFI) fighters proclaimed the Free Republic of Vercors opposing the German army...
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Bayeux speeches (redirect from Speech of Bayeux)
two different speeches delivered by General Charles de Gaulle of France in the context of liberation after the Normandy landings in June 1944 and also...
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German military administration in occupied France during World War II (redirect from German occupation of France)
guerrilla warfare. The most important anti-partisan action was the Battle of Vercors. The most infamous one was the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. Other notable...
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2017). "Le Vercors résistant". vercors-resistance.fr (in French). Association nationale des pionniers et combattants volontaires du Vercors. Retrieved...
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vows as a Jesuit in 1935. As a member of the French Resistance, he served as a chaplain at the Battle of Vercors and was executed by the Gestapo. As a...
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Lille during World War II (category German occupation of France during World War II)
Dunkerque in Lambersart and in the Citadel laid down their arms. The Battle of Lille officially ended on June 1, when French soldiers were marched through...
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Henri Giraud (category Members of the Constituent Assembly of France (1946))
was seriously wounded while leading a Zouave bayonet charge during the Battle of St. Quentin on 30 August 1914, and was left for dead on the field. He...
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