1, Achille Muller (left) and Arman Bouilloux (right), the last survivors of their French SAS, who witnessed and experienced the battles in Normandy and the Netherlands, are still alive (at least last year).
Achille Muller:
Armand Bouilloux:
2. In 1944, during the liberation of Paris, a young French boy was helping members of the French Resistance to set up barricades.
3, A Free French tankman at his Crusader Tank during the Battle of the Marais Line, 1942-43.
The Marais Line is a system of fortifications built by the French before World War II between the southern Tunisian towns of Mednine and Gabbès. It was designed to defend against attacks by Italian troops from Libya, but after the defeat of France and Operation Torch, the fortifications fell into the hands of the Axis powers and were used by Germany and Italy to defend against the British **.
4. In June 1944, the goumier of the 2nd Moroccan Tabors Infantry Regiment boarded a landing craft in Corsica to prepare for an attack on Elba.
Goumier was a Moroccan native soldier who served in the auxiliary forces attached to the French "Afrika Korps" with the French officers. Goumiers soldiers fought in North Africa, Italy and France.
5, 1943-1944, in Italy, several drawings of French ** in service in the French army. A total of 5,000 women serve in the French armed forces.
6, Algerian soldiers at the grave of their comrades in the French army, Italy, 1944.
7. A group of French soldiers shake hands with American soldiers during the Battle of Tunisia in 1943 as they will be sent to the front.
8, May 14, 1944, a wounded French soldier of Algerian origin waits to be presented to the rear.
9, A French soldier holding a Bédière rifle (of the "uncle's") during the Battle of Tunis, 1943.
Some were in use with Grasse rifles at the beginning of the war, and later in the Free France.
10. French paratroopers with Dutch civilians, these two ** were taken after the success of Operation Amherst.
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