a walk in marseille

Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008

A walk in Marseille


France in 1942

Free zone

occupied zone

Marseille

At the end of 1942


France in 1943-1944

Operation overlord

Marseille

1944 June, the 6th


Marseille

France in summer

1944

Operation Dragoon

1944 August, the 15th

1944 August, the 23rd

The « Hammer » and the « Anvil »


The landing in Provence

American and French soldiers

Two French generals

Motivation and experience

The Sherman tank


The fighting in Marseille

1944 - August, the 23rd

The Resistance

The population is acclaiming the Allies

The combats are violent

The tanks demonstrate theirs capacities


The battle of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde

Its situation is higly strategic

Easy to defend and dangerous to attack

Two days of negotiation

A difficult battle field

Two shells

The French flag is floating

An important symbole


The Liberation

August, the 25th, Paris liberated

Thousands German prisoners

Victory Parade


The destruction

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The « transhipping » bridge

In 1943

The « panier » district


The destruction

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irremediable destruction And

thousands of victims


And the “Jeanne d’Arc”?


CreditsImages :

• http://www.marseille-images.net/p-liberation.htmlMr. Alain Orgnon’s Collection

• http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/inventai/patrimoine/Photograph Marcel Bovis

• http://www.military-kits.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=179• Historical postcards• http://www.gap.ien.05.ac-aix-marseille.fr/rre/IMG/jpg/normandie2.jpg• Images from Ina’s video (National Audiovisual Institute)

Videos :

• cinememoire.net• personal videos

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