Des balcons en forêt: l'incroyable histoire des maisons fortes Ardennaises en 1940

On the road to the Ardennes by motorcycle! We're setting out to discover a little-known historical heritage: the 22 fortified houses located near the Belgian border, "alarm bells" of the meager Maginot Line in the Ardennes Forest, some of which were on the front lines in 1940 against the Wehrmacht's assault. Road, track, city, forest, we take a bit of everything to retrace the footsteps of the Maginot Line, in the heart of the magnificent Ardennes massif! This video was shot over two days in March 2021, before the travel restrictions of the third lockdown. This is primarily about historical tourism: I'm no one to talk about history. I'd be happy to discuss it in detail in the comments; feel free to share your knowledge of these places! For a more in-depth understanding of the history of fortified houses, I invite you to consult these few sources from which I drew inspiration. Histoire de Rouler, the YouTube channel, is now a non-profit organization! To support us: https://utip.io/histoirederouler Sources: A Balcony in the Forest, a novel by Julien Gracq, 1958, published by Jose Corti A Balcony in the Forest (film), a feature film by Michel Mitrani, 1979, available on the INA website: https://madelen.ina.fr/programme/un-b... "Maisons Fortes des Ardennes," supplement to the magazine Terres Ardennaises, February 2001, available on the Racine d'Ardennes online bookstore: https://www.racine-d-ardennes.fr/mais... Ardennes Fortified Houses on Wikiimaginot : https://wikimaginot.eu/V70_glossaire_... Map of the two fortified sectors with fortified houses: https://wikimaginot.eu/V70_carto_sect... https://wikimaginot.eu/V70_carto_sect... Wikipedia: The Sedan Breakthrough & the Battle of Monthermé https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perc%C3... https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataill... The presence of colonial troops in the Ardennes (& photos) (illustrative): https://www.rfi.fr/fr/tirailleurs/201...   / french_troupes_coloniales_force_noire42e   For illustration: Excerpts from "Apocalypse, Second World War":    • Video   Tanks in the Battle of France according to Imineo Documentaries:    • La Bataille de France, la plus grande défa...   To contact me: [email protected] Equipment used: Lumix GH4-R Gopro Hero7 Black Huawei P30 pro Parrot Anafi (drone shots taken in the Ardennes in 2019 and 2020) Voiceover microphone: Bird UM-1 All Music from the Epidemic Sound Library (list available upon request) Time Code: 0:00 Introduction 1:40 Presentation 5:16 Discovery by Motorcycle 7:09 On the Trail of Fortified Houses 8:30 We Leave the Road 10:40 The Phoney War 11:06 A Balcony in the Forest 12:29 On the Trail of the Film 14:50 Beau Terme 17:47 1940 18:51 May 12