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  • Detail from Le Journal de Sable, a weekly newspaper, with information about a social event and notes on the black market, published during the German occupation of France during the Second World War, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. The Journal de Sable praises the institutions and social systems of Germany in a wildly enthusiastic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail from Le Journal de Sable, a weekly newspaper, with an article on black market activities in the area, published during the German occupation of France during the Second World War, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. The Journal de Sable praises the institutions and social systems of Germany in a wildly enthusiastic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of farmers horseback demonstrating against the government, in Sicily, Italy, black and white photograph dating to just after the Second World War, from the exhibition No Mafia Memorial, in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. In the 1940s there were widespread peasant protests in Sicily with farmers fighting for land and social justice. The No Mafia Memorial explores the growth and history of the mafia, and its impact on the Sicilian population and its poverty. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tete de femme ebouriffee, or Woman with ruffled hair, oil painting, c. 1945, by Andre Derain, 1880-1954, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Troyes, inaugurated 1982, in the former Episcopal Palace, built 16th and 17th centuries, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum holds French painting collections from the mid 19th century to 1960s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Harmonie, bronze sculpture, 1943-44, forged by C Valsuani, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, in the Musee Maillol de Banyuls-sur-Mer, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was founded in 1994 at La Metairie, the farm where Maillol lived at the end of his life. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage curtain design, painting, 1945, for l'Oiseau de Feu or The Firebird, in gouache, ink, pastel, coloured pencils and gold paper, on board, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, in a private collection, copyright ADAGP. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work. In 1945 he was asked to create sets and costumes for the New York City Ballet's production of Firebird, a ballet and orchestral concert work by Stravinsky, originally written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St Odile as a Benedictine abbess of the Hohenburg convent, wood, sculptor unknown, in the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Saint Denis, detail, stained glass window, 1930s, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sainte Genevieve taking supplies to Paris, detail, stained glass window, 1930s, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Third abess of the convent, detail from the window of St Odic, stained glass window, 1935-38, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the Higgins boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day, part of the Higgins Boat Monument, inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Omaha Beach, aerial view, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. At the bottom is the Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Utah Beach Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach, aerial view, in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rue Aristide Briand, with the house of Raphael Elize (just before the parked car) in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, photograph. Raphael Elize, 1891-1945, was mayor of Sable-sur-Sarthe, was arrested for resisting the occupation and died in Buchenwald. Collection J Distel / Atelier Malicot.
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  • Train station after it was bombed on 6th June  1944, during the Second World War, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, photograph. Collection G Cherrier. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances required
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  • The Place de la Mairie, then known as the Place du Marechal Petain, photograph, c. 1942, during the German occupation of France in the Second World War, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Collection G Cherrier. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances required
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  • Photograph of the Grand-Rue bridge at Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, destroyed in a bombing raid on 7th August 1944 by the German Luftwaffe, during the Second World War. The bridge was bombed in order to slow down the advance of the Allies into the town. Collection G Cherrier. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances required
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  • The town hall in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, on the day of the visit by General de Gaulle,1890-1970, celebrating its liberation from German occupation during the Second World War, September 1944. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Article in the L'Echo de la Sarthe newspaper, published in the Pays de la Loire, France, entitled 'La Guerre au Marche Noir', describing the continuation of  black market activity after liberation from the German occupation in the region in 1944, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Food stamps and clothing ration book for Pierre Pean, dated 20th August 1942, issued by the town hall of Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted ceiling with African Zodiac, in the steward's office, in the Residence Lucien Paye, designed by Jean Vernon, Bruno Philippe and Albert Laprade, 1883-1978, and inaugurated 1949, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally the Overseas French Territories House, the building was later used to house students from Sub-Saharan African countries. Pierre Meauze sculpted the pillars at the entrance and Anna Quinquaud made the bas-reliefs on the facade. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Staircase and pebble mosaic floor resembling fabric design, in the hall of the Residence Lucien Paye, designed by Jean Vernon, Bruno Philippe and Albert Laprade, 1883-1978, and inaugurated 1949, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally the Overseas French Territories House, the building was later used to house students from Sub-Saharan African countries. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Detail of the painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Painted mural entitled 'the painting of silence', 1948, by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, 1887-1965), and furniture by Charlotte Perriand, 1903-1999, in the curved lounge or Salon Courbe of the Fondation Suisse or the Swiss Foundation, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin, 1896-1967) and inaugurated 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This painted mural replaced an earlier photographic mural from 1933. The structure sits on stilts and the reception area has an open floor plan, the facade is simple and flat with many windows and there is a rooftop garden. It is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Sculpted pillar with African figure by Pierre Meauze, 1913-1978, on the facade of the Residence Lucien Paye, designed by Jean Vernon, Bruno Philippe and Albert Laprade, 1883-1978, and inaugurated 1949, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally the Overseas French Territories House, the building was later used to house students from Sub-Saharan African countries. Pierre Meauze sculpted the pillars at the entrance and Anna Quinquaud, 1890-1984, made the bas-reliefs on the facade. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Document stamped Confidential and dated 6th December 1943, regarding the organisation of the Direction des Services de Renseignements et de Securite Militaire, from Henri Giraud, Commander in Chief of French Armed Forces, to General de Gaulle, President of the Comite d'Action en France, who jointly set up the Comite Francais de la Liberation Nationale, or French Committee of National Liberation or CFLN, with General Charles de Gaulle, a provisional government of Free France, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The document states that Rivet and Paillole remain in charge. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • File with document marked Top Secret and dated 18th September 1943, outlining the situation of the Service des Renseignements on that date, and note stating that the file was handed in by Paul Rivet in April 1944 to Colonel de Villeneuve, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Document marked Top Secret and dated 18th September 1943, outlining the situation of the Service des Renseignements on that date, handed in by Paul Rivet in April 1944 to Colonel de Villeneuve, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page, dated 22nd October 1943, with a note to forward information to Rivet (and signed by Rivet), from the file of the Service des Renseignements on the conflict between Paul Rivet and Jacques Soustelle and the subordination of the SR (Paul Rivet was the director of the SRSM or Services de Renseignements et de Securite Militaire) to the DGSS (Soustelle was the head of the Special Services of Free France or DGSS), 1943-44, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • File of the Service des Renseignements on the conflict between Paul Rivet and Jacques Soustelle and the subordination of the SR (Paul Rivet was the director of the SRSM or Services de Renseignements et de Securite Militaire) to the DGSS (Soustelle was the head of the Special Services of Free France or DGSS), 1943-44, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • File detailing 'Activites de crise et de guerre' from 1936-39, and a handwritten letter dated 15th October 1952 by Paul Rivet (director of the SRSM or Services de Renseignements et de Securite Militaire), from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Report on the use of intelligence agents abroad by the Bureau des Menees Antinationales or BMA or Bureau of Anti-national Activities, which was set up during the Second World War to protect the military armistice, and dealt with military intelligence, dated 4th December 1940 and stamped Top Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cover of the employment booklet of Colonel Georges Ronin, 1894-1954, head of the Service de Renseignements Air, the Air Force intelligence service, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • File on the German armoured divisions from 1940-43, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page from the personnel file of Colonel Georges Ronin, 1894-1954, head of the Service de Renseignements Air, the Air Force intelligence service, listing his activities from 1934-54, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Personnel file with identity photographs of Colonel Georges Ronin, 1894-1954, head of the Service de Renseignements Air, the Air Force intelligence service, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page from a Top Secret Vichy regime file with diagram of the hierarchical structure of the employees of the STR or Service Technique de Recherches, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Historical summary of telegraphy on p143 of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contents page on p142 of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Service des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • File stamped Top Secret of Volume II of a report by the EMA or Ecole Militaire d'Administration and the SR or Services des Renseignements, on the study of the Enigma Machine, a cipher machine using complex coding to protect military communications, dated 1931-42, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, and concrete pillar in the hallway supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen with integrated appliances, and living room with furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of relief on the obelisk, 1939-59, dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi, by Arturo Dazzi, on the Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of relief on the obelisk, 1939-59, dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi, by Arturo Dazzi, on the Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, or Church of St Peter and St Paul, built 1938-55, designed by Arnaldo Foschini, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stele, 1940-42, by Ercole Drei, with a relief of agricultural workers, in the Parco del Turismo, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Viale della Civilita Romana and behind, the Palazzo de Arti et Traditione Populare and obelisk, 1939-59, dedicated to Guglielmo Marconi, by Arturo Dazzi, on the Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, all built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic, 1941, by Enrico Prampolini, on the Museo Nationale delle Arti e Tradizioni Populare, designed by Castellazzi, Morresi and Vitellozzi, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palazzo dell'INPS, 1940-54, designed by Giovanni Muzio, Mario Paniconi and Giulio Pediconi, on the Piazza delle Esedre, renamed Piazzale delle Nazioni Uniti, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_ITALY_MC053.jpg
  • Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, or Church of St Peter and St Paul, built 1938-55, designed by Arnaldo Foschini, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ho Chi Minh, 1890-1969, president of the Viet Minh or League for the Independence of Vietnam, speaking to crowds on the Place de Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam, 19th August 1945, at the launch of the August Revolution or Cach mang thang Tam. The revolution against French colonial rule led to the declaration of the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 2nd September 1945.
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  • Flakturm or Flak Tower, an anti-aircraft gun overground blockhouse tower used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air raids during the Second World War, in the Volkspark, Humboldthain, Berlin, Germany. These bunkers were also used as air raid shelters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flakturm or Flak Tower, an anti-aircraft gun overground blockhouse tower used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air raids during the Second World War, in the Volkspark, Humboldthain, Berlin, Germany. These bunkers were also used as air raid shelters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flakturm or Flak Tower, an anti-aircraft gun overground blockhouse tower used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air raids during the Second World War, in the Volkspark, Humboldthain, Berlin, Germany. These bunkers were also used as air raid shelters. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Schwerbelastungskorper, a large concrete cylinder bunker or heavy load-bearing body, built by Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG in 1941 to study the feasibility of constructing a massive triumphal arch on the site, and of constructing large buildings on the area's sandy ground, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany. The bunker was never demolished and was listed as a Historic Monument in 1995. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Measuring equipment inside the Schwerbelastungskorper, a large concrete cylinder bunker or heavy load-bearing body, built by Dyckerhoff & Widmann AG in 1941 to study the feasibility of constructing a massive triumphal arch on the site, and of constructing large buildings on the area's sandy ground, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany. The bunker was never demolished and was listed as a Historic Monument in 1995. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soviet War Memorial or Sowjetisches Ehrenmal, erected 1945 after the Battle of Berlin by the Soviets to commemorate their war dead (the Russian army lost 80,000 soldiers in April and May 1945 in Berlin), in the Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The memorial was designed by Mikhail Gorvits and is a large stoa with a massive statue of a Soviet soldier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soviet War Memorial or Sowjetisches Ehrenmal, erected 1945 after the Battle of Berlin by the Soviets to commemorate their war dead (the Russian army lost 80,000 soldiers in April and May 1945 in Berlin), in the Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The memorial was designed by Mikhail Gorvits and is a large stoa with a massive statue of a Soviet soldier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soviet War Memorial or Sowjetisches Ehrenmal, erected 1945 after the Battle of Berlin by the Soviets to commemorate their war dead (the Russian army lost 80,000 soldiers in April and May 1945 in Berlin), in the Grosser Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany. The memorial was designed by Mikhail Gorvits and is a large stoa with a massive statue of a Soviet soldier. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • L'Atelier, or the Studio, oil painting, c. 1940, by Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Troyes, inaugurated 1982, in the former Episcopal Palace, built 16th and 17th centuries, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. The museum holds French painting collections from the mid 19th century to 1960s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self Portrait, oil painting on canvas, 1946, by Manuel Rocamora, 1892-1976, in Casa Rocamora, the Isabelline mansion of art collector Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, where he lived from 1935, on the Carrer de Ballester in El Putxet, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house is open to the public, managed by the Fundacion Rocamora, and houses the private collection of Manuel Rocamora y Vidal, 1892-1976, including Modernist art, figureheads and ceramics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of accommodation block F, drawn on the wall of barrack no. 32 by an unknown inmate in 1941, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to an Art Deco house, designed by Ferid Muchir, 1940, at 6 rue Jean Racine, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. With the demolition of its ramparts in the early 20th century, Perpignan grew and expanded, embracing the art deco style of the 1930s in its new housing estates. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ciudad, or City, oil painting on board, 1941, by Joaquin Torre Garcia, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Le Jardin Abandonne, or the Abandoned Garden, oil painting, c. 1945, by Raoul Dufy, 1877-1953, from the Pompidou collection, in the Musee d'Art Hyacinthe Rigaud, an art gallery housed in the Hotel de Lazerme, a private mansion built in the 18th century by the marquis Etienne de Blanes and bought in 1827 by Joseph de Lazerme, and the Hotel de Mailly, on the Rue de l'Age, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2017 and houses 3 exhibitions: Gothic Perpignan, Baroque Perpignan and Modern Perpignan, including works by local artists Hyacinthe Rigaud and Aristide Maillol. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearances required for reproduction (artist's copyright)
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  • Peche de Nuit, or Night fishing, ink on paper, 1946, by Francois Bernardi, b. 1922, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Harmonie, detail, bronze sculpture, 1943-44, forged by C Valsuani, by Aristide Maillol, 1861-1944, in the Musee Maillol de Banyuls-sur-Mer, in Banyuls-sur-Mer, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The museum was founded in 1994 at La Metairie, the farm where Maillol lived at the end of his life. Banyuls-sur-Mer is a small seaside town first settled by the Greeks in 400 BC, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance with tympanum relief by Anne-Marie Roux-Colas, 1898-1993, of the Virgin with St Odile and the Holy Trinity with angel musicians, at the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The nave is lit from 3 cupolas and 3 large windows. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central stained glass window of St Odile, 1935-38, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The nave is lit from 3 cupolas and 3 large windows. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone capital with relief of pilgrims marching to Mont St Odile, by Anne-Marie Roux-Colas, on twin columns along the North side of the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir, with altarpiece in enamel and leather by Robert Barriot, 1953, and glass altar with peacock design by Auguste Labouret, 1871-1964, in the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture, and has stained glass windows by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Odile, detail, from the central stained glass window of St Odile, 1935-38, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marriage of Radegund, Frankish queen, and Clotaire I, detail, stained glass window, 1930s, by Francois Decorchemont, 1880-1971, in the nave of the Eglise Sainte Odile, designed by Jacques Barge, 1904-1979, and built 1935-46, under Mgr Eugene-Edmond Loutil, 1863-1959, at the Porte de Champerret in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The church is built in concrete with a nod to Romanesque Byzantine architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Braves War Memorial, commemorating American soldiers killed on 6th June 1944, 2004, by Anilore Banon, on Omaha Beach, between Port-en-Bessin and the Vire river, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Manche, Normandy, France. The sculpture represents the Wings of Hope, Rise to Freedom, and Wings Of Fraternity. It was commissioned by the French government to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day. Omaha Beach is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 29th and 1st Infantry Divisions landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tank and monument at Koufra Beach, marking the starting point of the Way of the 2nd Armoured Division, inaugurated July 25th 2004 at the site of the landing of the Leclerc Division on French soil on August 1st, 1944, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. This forms part of the Liberty Road, or Voie de la Liberte, linking Utah beach to Sainte-Mere l'Eglise and then to Bastogne in Belgium, celebrating the Liberation of France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker, with entrance and ladder rungs to roof, at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barbed wire fence surrounding a bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker at the North end of Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War, at Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 90th Infantry Division Monument, dedicated in 1969 then again in 1987 after its renovation, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument is made from granite from Flossenburg German concentration camp in Bavaria, liberated by the Division near the end of the war. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1st Engineer Special Brigade Monument, inaugurated November 11th 1944 by Colonel Caffey, the brigade’s commanding officer, and again with the French authorities on June 6th 1945, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • US Navy Monument, detail, featuring leadership, combat units and sailors, and the names of the Operation Overlord ships, by Steven Spears, inaugurated 2008, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunker used by the US Naval Operational Intelligence Centre after it was taken from the Germans on 6th June, from 8th June until 31st October 1944, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The 41 men working here led to the success of the landings of 836 000 men, 220 000 vehicles and 725 000 tons of equipment. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sign in the bunker used by the US Naval Operational Intelligence Centre after it was taken from the Germans on 6th June, from 8th June until 31st October 1944, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The 41 men working here led to the success of the landings of 836 000 men, 220 000 vehicles and 725 000 tons of equipment. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldier sculpture from the Higgins Boat Monument, with a life-sized replica of a LCVP or Higgins boat made of steel and set in sand as if beached, and sculptures by Fred Hoppe of soldiers running (1 from each of the 3 wars in which Higgins Boats served, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Wars), inaugurated 2015, at Utah Beach, Saint-Martin-de-Varreville, Cotentin Peninsula, Manche, Normandy, France. The monument also features a statue of Andrew Jackson Higgins, 1886-1952, who designed the boat, of which 1089 were used in D-Day. The monument is next to the Utah Beach Museum. Utah Beach in the Dunes of Saint Martin de Vareville, is where on June 6th 1944 the US Army 4th Infantry Division landed as part of the Allied Invasion, or D-Day landings, during the Second World War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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