Operations are underway this Thursday, June 14, 2018 in Nantes to destroy a German aviation bomb discovered on the towpath at the Prairie Mauves. Details. A German 250 kg semi-perforating aviation bomb , not equipped with its firing device, was discovered near the towpath at Mauves Meadow , Nantes, announced the prefecture of Loire-Atlantique this morning . “For security reasons, the prefect decided to […]
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He was part of the Essex Scottish Regiment on the 19th August 1942. Leslie Tetler died in Canada on the 5th March at the age of 97. Leslie Tetler, the last veteran of the Essex Scottish Regiment who took part in the Allied raid on the 19th August 1942, as part of Operation Jubilee in […]
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COMMEMORATION: He also praised the “courage” of Jacques Chirac, the first president to have said … François Hollande acknowledged in turn Sunday that the arrest of thousands of Jews during the roundup of the Vel d’Hiv in July 1942, was a “crime committed in France by France” and praised the “courage” of Jacques Chirac , […]
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