Provence, août 1944 : l’assaut final contre l’Allemagne – Documentaire Seconde Guerre Mondiale - AMP

Provence, August 1944: The Other Landing – A little-known episode of the Liberation finally revealed. 👋 + history documentaries 👉 http://bit.ly/3lqyFpY 🙏 Subscribe! 00:00 – Introduction: Another Story of the Liberation 02:30 – Why a Second Landing? 05:28 – The Crucial Role of the Army of Africa 08:40 – The Assault on the Coasts of Provence 15:36 – The First Victories and Losses 22:34 – De Lattre de Tassigny Enters the Scene 26:23 – The Battle of Toulon 32:38 – The Final Offensive on Marseille 46:21 – The Strategic Consequences 50:21 – A Forgotten Memory August 15, 1944, two months after Normandy, the Allies launched a second landing in France. Code name: Dragoon. Location: Provence. Objective: Conquer the ports of Toulon and Marseille, then advance north and defeat Nazi Germany. For the first time since the defeat of 1940, a French army will fight on home soil. This event is the subject of a documentary film for the first time. Voiced by actor Charles Berling, Provence, August 1944: The Other Landing retraces, through exceptional filmed archives and exclusive testimonies, the unfolding of these decisive days in the history of World War II and the liberation of Europe. Seventy years later, thanks to this film, the heroes of this epic—Generals de Lattre and de Monsabert, the French soldiers of the Army of Africa, the British and American paratroopers, and the Resistance fighters—relive and rekindle in our minds the flame of remembrance of this historical event, little known to the general public. 👉 Also watch on Our History: Vel d'Hiv Roundup: French Police at the Service of Deportation    • Rafle du Vel d’Hiv: la police française au...   From Compromise to Resistance: How Did the Church React to the Holocaust?    • De la compromission à la résistance : Comm...   Berlin 1936: How Hitler Turned the Olympic Games into a Propaganda Weapon    • Berlin 1936 : Comment Hitler a transformé ...   👉 Discover our playlist dedicated to the Second World War    • Playlist   "PROVENCE, AUGUST 1944: THE OTHER LANDING" Directed by Christian Philibert ©AMP #ProvenceLanding #OperationDragoon #WorldWarII #Liberation1944 #HistoryOfFrance #HistoricalDocumentary #OurHistory #WWII