Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
France in 1942
Free zone
occupied zone
Marseille
At the end of 1942
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
France in 1943-1944
Operation overlord
Marseille
1944 June, the 6th
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
Marseille
France in summer
1944
Operation Dragoon
1944 August, the 15th
1944 August, the 23rd
The « Hammer » and the « Anvil »
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
The landing in Provence
American and French soldiers
Two French generals
Motivation and experience
The Sherman tank
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
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
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
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
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
The Liberation
August, the 25th, Paris liberated
Thousands German prisoners
Victory Parade
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
The destruction
s
The « transhipping » bridge
In 1943
The « panier » district
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
The destruction
sIn 1944
irremediable destruction And
thousands of victims
Dominique CHABROLIN - MASTER 1 SIC-IST – 2008
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