Tag: Second World War
The whole world (or almost) is in Normandy to celebrate “D-Day”…
Many heads of state and government are present on June 6 in Normandy. There is American President Joe Biden, King Charles III, Prince William, Olaf Scholtz… But also Ukrainian President…
The Pope deplores the “short memory” of men and fears a “generalized conflict”
In a letter addressed to the Bishop of Bayeux (Normandy), Mgr Jacques Habert, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Landing, Pope Francis expressed his concern about the…
Experience D-Day as if you were there (but behind your TV)
General mobilization. France 2 is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the landing of June 6, 1944. Besides a special day on Thursday June 6…
In a town in Morbihan, French flags stolen before Macron’s arrival
It was in this Morbihan village that began, on the night of June 5 to 6, 1944, Operation Overlord to open a new front against the German army. The French…
Why did it take place on the beaches of Normandy?
Every June 6, France commemorates the allied soldiers who fell on its beaches: it is estimated that in just 24 hours, some 10,000 of them lost their lives. The first…
At the Géronimo or Kil Roy camps, “we don’t reenact the war, we pass on the memory”
From our special envoy to Sainte-Mère-Eglise and Saint-Côme-du-Mont (Manche), Don’t tell him he’s wearing a uniform because he’s “not military.” And even less a costume, because he doesn’t do “theatre”.…
Young people and D-Day: Which landing in Normandy?
Status: 04.06.2024 04:38 a.m. More than half of British young people do not know what happened on D-Day. Veterans speak in schools, but there are not many of them left.…
“Women were privileged targets during the Liberation”, assures Fabien Lostec
The images are engraved in the collective imagination. From the Liberation to the summer of 1944, we often remember these scenes of popular jubilation at the arrival of the allied…
A 100th anniversary wedding in Normandy for Harold Terens, US Air Force veteran
He is 100 years old and a veteran of the US Air Force. Harold Terens will participate in the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France……
Documentary series with Idris Elba: Fame is only for white people
They were allowed to give their lives, but received no honor. Why Idris Elba did not want to tell the story of his own grandfather in “Forgotten Heroes of the…