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yesteryear's Ardennes and Lorraine.
1
juin
2015
Par Fanny Lardot 1 juin 2015 Catégories 2nd World War Pas de commentaires
Why does it so interest the Führer? Who still remembers the 44-45 winter? Indeed, the cold has never been as punishing as that year, but those freezing cold weeks are also known as Hitler’s last great offensive, ready to launch all his military forces still standing in order to win the conflict. Today,…
1
juin
2015
Par Fanny Lardot 1 juin 2015 Catégories 2nd World War Pas de commentaires
The investigation of a journalist of those days : how does La Roche rebuild itself ? Rummaging through my grandparent’s attic, I happened upon some old press articles dating back to the immediate post-war period. One of them particularly caught my attention. It relates to an investigation by Roger Crouquet, for Le soir…
1
juin
2015
Par Fanny Lardot 1 juin 2015 Catégories 2nd World War Pas de commentaires
December 2014 : 70 years ago, the Ardennes became a vast battlefield with the sadly famous « Battle of the Bulge ». It was the 16th of December 1944. The last witnesses of this battle are leaving us one after the other with their war memories. In this context, to safeguard the memory, the «…
24
avr
2015
Par Fanny Lardot 24 avril 2015 Catégories 2nd World War, Facts and Historical sites Pas de commentaires
The « martyr » town of Bastogne has no less than 5 museums dedicated to the battle that devastated the Ardennes a second time in under 4 years. There are many other institutions that bring forward the audacity of the allied armies or the civilian’s day to day life. In each one of them, the…