- 08 -092018
« 1918, armistice(s) », episode 4
French Adrian helmet worn by Romanian soldiers presented in the rooms of the Musée de l’Armée. An agreement signed with the Allies in 1916 provided that France equip the Romanian army with modern equipment such […]
- 08 -072018
« 1918, armistice(s) », episode 3
To announce the signing of the Brest-Litovsk armistice, five photographs were chosen to feature in the Russian and German newspapers. In the above photograph, which appeared in particular in French newspapers Le Miroir and Excelsior, […]
- 08 -022018
« 1918, armistice(s) », episode 2
Clemenceau holds firmly the arm of a woman wearing the Phrygian cap, allegory of France to move away from Paris bombed by enemy planes © Paris, musée Clemenceau. The Prince Sixte Bourbon-Parma in Belgian uniform and […]
- 07 -312018
« 1918, armistice(s) », episode 1
Speech by Bethmann Hollweg to the Reichstag (German Parliament) before the deputies on 12 December 1916, during which he proposed, on behalf of the Central Empires (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman, Bulgaria), the start of peace negotiations. […]
- 07 -262018
« 1918, armistice(s) », introduction
Poster for the Libération loan, by Abel Faivre. This loan was ratified on 19 September 1918 and the subscription was taken out before and after the 11 November Armistice, from 20 October to 24 November […]
- 05 -102018
« A dedicated life », episode 29: The 118 Companions of the Liberation who were Great War veterans
Henri ADELINE Berty ALBRECHT François d’ASTIER DE LA VIGERIE Henri d’ASTIER DE LA VIGERIE Philippe AUBOYNEAU Pierre BERNHEIM Jean BERTIN Antoine BÉTHOUART Pierre BEUCLER Georges BIDAULT Émile BOLLAERT Claude BONNIER Diego BROSSET Jean CAPAGORRY René […]
- 05 -082018
« A dedicated life », episode 28: Words of Companions…
Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007, FFI leader) “My father volunteered in the second class infantry and was killed in early 1915. I never knew him at all. And I now realise that although I had no father […]
- 05 -032018
« A dedicated life », episode 27: Words of Companions…
With an average age of 30 in 1940, the vast majority of the Companions of the Liberation were too young to have taken part in the First World War. However, like the rest of French […]
- 05 -012018
« A dedicated life », episode 26: The 118 Companions of the Liberation in the Great War
Taken as a whole, the 118 future Companions of the Liberation who fought in the Great War exhibit truly spectacular characteristics in at least two areas. Firstly, the very high rate of volunteers, 40% compared […]
- 04 -262018
« A dedicated life », episode 25: 501st Tank Regiment
Companion of the Liberation – Decree of 7 August 1945 The first tank offensive in history took place on 16 April 1917, in the first hours of the Battle of the Chemin des Dames. The […]
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