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Some say it was taken in Toulon as the French soldiers leave for Africa. Some say it was taken as Nazi tanks rolled into Paris. Others claim it was taken in Marseilles as historic French battle flags were taken aboard ships for protection against the conquering Nazis. No matter what incident prompted him to cry, the French civilian cries across decades from his faded photograph. He cries not only for his generation, but also for his century. The photo, one of the most heart-rending pictures of the Second World War, was possibly taken by George Mejat for Fox Movietone News/AP.

The fall of France, only six weeks after initial Nazi assault, came as a shock and surprise to many. Contrary to popular beliefs, the Maginot Line wasn’t exactly circumvented by the Nazis through Belgium. The Nazis, in fact, broke through the strongest point of the Maginot Line, Fort Eben-Emael, which connected the French and Belgian fortification systems. The fortifications were unequipped to defend against gliders, explosives and blitzkrieg. The Luftwaffe simply flew over it. When the Allied forces reinvaded in June 1944, the Maginot Line, now held by German defenders, was again largely bypassed, a clear indicator that this line, designed with a WWI-like trench warfare in mind, was never actually going to work no matter where the Nazis attacked.

Je n'ai jamais su si ce monsieur était Jacques Bonsergent, par ailleurs un des premiers résistants fusillé. Je l'avais entendu quelque part, mais pas moyen de vérifier.

Par contre dire qu'Eben-Emael fait partie de la ligne maginot, c'est osé...

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Voici un autre site qui contient plein de photos autour du conflit du Viet-Nam.

Un grand nombre d'entre elles sont célèbres. Certaines peuvent heurter la sensibilité. Toutes rendent remarquablement bien l'ambiance de l'époque.

Si les images de morts ou de blessés sont trop choquants, je retirerai ce message, mais j'ai estimé qu'on pouvait les présenter ici car ils sont, pour la plupart, ultra connus, publiés, et republiés.

Le lien que j'ai mis pointe sur la dernière page des photos, qui contient les clichés les plus anciens. En bas de page, le lien [prev] permet d'afficher les pages précédentes, qui contiennent les clichés suivants (!).

Sinon, voici les liens directs sur les pages, par ordre chronologique :

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16214

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16213

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16212

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16211

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16210

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16209

http://nguoithathoc1959.multiply.com/journal/item/16208

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