Country: France
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Helicopter on football ground, Alsace, France
In the small town of Masevaux. File submitted by Richard Barlow
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Velodrome d hiver 1943
The Vélodrome d’Hiver (French pronunciation: [velɔdʁɔm divɛʁ], Winter Velodrome), colloquially Vel’ d’Hiv, was an indoor bicycle racing cycle track and stadium (velodrome) on rue Nélaton,…
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Pointe du Hoc Invasion 6 June 1944
A few miles east of the small fishing port of Grandcamp, the cliffs form a sheer promontory towering thirty metres above a narrow pebble beach.…
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Lyon-Parilly Racetrack
A 4.49 miles/7.29 km street circuit in the Lyon suburbs of Bron and Venissieux used once in 1947 for the French Formula 1 GP.
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Saumur Tunnel, 9th June 1944
The first 12,000-lb Tallboy bombs developed by Barnes Wallis were used on this night by 617 Squadron in a raid on a railway tunnel near…
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Shipwreck of SS Leopoldville Xmas 44
Nice painting view of the SS Leopoldville sank in Xmas 44 by german submarine U486 Painting done by our famous french painter Claude Lemonnier in…
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SS Albertville shipwreck
Side scan sonar image of the SS Albertville, sank in 1940 after the German invade belgium. Sister ship of the SS Leopoldville sank in 1944.…
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Michelin Car Test Track near Clermont-Ferrand
Michelin Car Test Track near Clermont-Ferrand
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French Maginot line
1940 Maginot line forts and bunkers implementation sector by sector (exception for Sarre sector still incomplete). All names are in French. Updated: 08.24.06 Updated: 08.03.06…
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WW I – Battle of Verdun (overlay map)
Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun in 1916 during World War I. One of the costliest battles of the War, Verdun exemplified…
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WW I – Battle of Somme (overlay map)
The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. The British…