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- 07 -282015

« In Honour and by Victory », fourth episode : the Companions of the Liberation from the BCRA: the French Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations.

The Free French intelligence services were created in 1940 at the request of General de Gaulle, and placed under the command of André Dewavrin, an officer who took the alias Colonel Passy. The primary purpose […]

- 07 -272015

Connect with your facebook account and take part in our “Get your bicorne ready! Contest”.

This summer, you are invited to put yourself into the skin of Napoleon Bonaparte with his famous bicorne hat and share your photos on the museum’s Facebook page Get your bicorne ready ! Enter the […]

- 07 -242015

« In Honour and by Victory », third episode : five towns honoured with the title of Companion of the Liberation.

In France, awarding a distinction to a regional authority is an old tradition dating back to the First Empire. A town may be honoured when the evidence of the actions led by a large part […]