Before the war, Barbas, a village of perhaps seventy-five houses, huddled rather closely together was a very quiet village in the French countryside. It is on low ground between two fairly steep hills. A small stream,
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August 21st, 1944, after one-hundred days of heavy fighting the Normandy Campaign ends and the Rat Race began. By that time while the German Army was escaping toward the East trying to find shelter behind the border, in
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Normandy, nowadays everyone knows Normandy for the D-Day landing on June 6th, 1944. Nevertheless, its history is not only about this day. It is also rich in heritage with many picturesque, adorable villages and
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Normandy,
Normandy most beautiful villages
On December 16th, 1944, German army launched its counterattack also known as “Von Rundstedt counterattack” in the Bulge with the purpose to cut the American Army in Belgium by reaching the coastal town of Antwerpen.
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World War 2,
World War Two,
WWII Belgium Battle of the Bulge,
WWII 3rd Armored Division,
WWII Belgium Task Force Hogan
Note: Some information may contradict each other regarding the actions performed by the battalions, or regarding the enemy forces. This is due to the ferocity of the fighting, some men testified to have seen halftracks,
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WWII 79th Infantry Division,
Siegfried Line,
WWII 313 Infantry Regiment,
France, Lorraine,
France, Alsace
Located between Aisne - Oise Cemetery and Aisne - Marne Cemetery, the city of Château-Thierry is a crossroad between Paris, city of light and Reims, French Kings’ city.
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World War 2,
WWII,
WWII 7th Armored Division,
France, Chateau Thierry
Press release - Health pass for vaccinated non-European foreign tourists passing through France (23 August 2021) The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs is setting up a specific system allowing foreign tourists
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Covid-19,
Traveling to Europe,
Vaccination,
Traveling to France,
Health Pass and QR code
