Battlefields
Battlefields
Relive the Battle Of The Bulge, one of the bloodiest battles of the war, drop behind the lines with the 101rst and 82nd airborne on the eve of D-Day, June 6, 1944 and more in BATTLEFIELDS.
1944 - Ardennes' Battle/Battle of the Bulge
It is in the heart of the Ardennes massif that will take place, one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War.
D-Day 1944, 101st & 82nd Airborne, Victory's Angels
June 5th, 1944, 9:30 PM. 13,348 men from two American parachute divisions, the 82nd and the 101st Airborne in nearly 1,000 aircraft will take off to Normandy.
1944 - Hedgerow Hell
June 6, 1944. Operation Overlord was a colossal undertaking. 150,000 Allied Forces landed on five beaches in Normandy, France. It was the first phase in the liberation of Western Europe.
1944 - The Liberation of Paris
August 26th, 1944, General de Gaulle has just returned to Paris. For the inhabitants of the capital, this is deliverance after four years of occupation. In ten days of combat, 1,000 resistant fell.
1944 - Hitler Youth Strike Back
June 6, 1944, at dawn, 156,000 men are preparing to disembark with five objectives on the Normandy coast. This is Operation Overlord.
A Century of Tanks
April 16, 1917, for the first time in history, French tanks fight their way through the black sludge of Chemin des Dames. One year before, in October, British tanks tried their luck in Somme.
1916 - Battle of Verdun
Verdun, February 21st, 1916. It is here that the most emblematic battle of the First World War will take place.
1917 - The Second Battle of the Aisne
Monday, April 16th, 1917, 6:00 AM, spring is slow to come in the North of France, a cold rain drowns the Chemin des Dames. It will soon snow all over the Aisne Department.
1940 - Storm Over the Alps
The Alps Front, June 1940. A handful of French soldiers are about to face a flood of 300,000 Italians. Everywhere in France, you see defeat. The Government fled to Bordeaux on June 14th.
1942 - The Dieppe Raid
Dieppe 1942, the mention of this name and date is enough to recall the sinister memory of an allied raid composed essentially of Canadian troops.