- 02 -152018
« A dedicated », episode 5: Claude Chandon
Birth: 29 October 1894 Death: 6 August 1944 Companion of the Liberation – Decree of 1 February 1941 After his military service was deferred for health reasons as a student, he managed to enrol at […]
- 02 -132018
« A dedicated life », episode 4: René Cassin
Birth: 5 October 1887 Death: 20 February 1976 Companion of the Liberation – Decree of 1 August 1941 Mobilised in 1914 as Corporal of the 311th Infantry Regiment, he fought in the Battle of the […]
- 02 -082018
« A dedicated life », episode 3: François d’Astier de la Vigerie
Birth: 7 March 1886 Death: 9 October 1956 Companion of the Liberation – Decree of 8 November 1944 A lieutenant from the Saint-Cyr Military School, he took part in the first fights of the Great War as […]
- 02 -062018
« A dedicated life », episode 2: Henri Adeline
Birth: 8 May 1898 Death: 1 May 1971 Companion of the Liberation – Decree of 28 May 1945 Born in Verdun, Lorraine, he chose a military career and joined the army at the age of 18 […]
- 02 -012018
« A dedicated life », episode 1: Berty Albrecht
Birth: 15 February 1893 Death: 31 May 1943 Companion of the Liberation – Decree of 26 August 1943 Residing in London in 1914, she chose to return to France to become a Red Cross nurse […]
- 01 -302018
« A dedicated life »: introduction
As heroes of the Second World War, the Companions of the Liberation were awarded the highest French decoration by General de Gaulle for their part in the Resistance between 1940 and 1945: the Cross of […]
- 11 -152017
Animals & war, episode 23: Decors of the Hôtel des Invalides
Sculptures with allegorical animals adorn the sixty dormer windows of the Cour d’Honneur. The three reproduced above feature dolphins and lions. The lion is undoubtedly the most represented. The dormer window decorated with two elephant […]
- 11 -082017
Animals and war, episode 22: The lion
Founded for the Hospitallers of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, this canon comes from the island of Rhodes and was offered to Napoleon III by the Sultan Abdul-Aziz, in 1862. It is on exhibit […]
- 11 -032017
Animals and war, episode 21: The Sheep & The Ram
Sword of honor offered by the city of Paris to Marshal Joffre (1852-1931) by Henri Eugène Nocq (1868-1944). © Paris, musée de l’Armée Dist. RMN-GP / Pascal Segrette Captain Gony’s Pelisse and Cap of 2nd […]
- 10 -302017
Animals and war, episode 20 : The Eagle
Symbol of imperial power, the eagle was chosen by Napoleon I to adorn the standards of the Grande Armée. Looking to the left, the eagle is drawn up, the wings spread, one claw resting on […]
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