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After the fighting in North Africa ended, Leclerc's L Force, now about 4,000 strong, became the 2e Division Française Libre (2e DFL). In June 1943, de Gaulle informed him the 2e DFL would be re-equipped by the Americans as an armoured division, the 2e Division Blindée (2 e DB). It was often called La Division Leclerc. Although organised along ...
Aspects de la France was established in 1947 as a monarchist publication aligned with the Action Française movement. Its creation by Georges Calzant was a response to the prohibition of the daily L'Action française following allegations of collaboration with the Vichy regime in 1944. [1]
After the death of Maurras in 1952, two rival newspapers, Aspects de la France and Pierre Boutang's La Nation Française revived the Maurrassian legacy, until the demise of La Nation Française in 1967. In 1971, a breakaway movement called "Nouvelle Action Française" was formed by Bertrand Renouvin, Georges-Paul Wagner, and others.
The association of Royalist Young Women is intended to unite all young women who wish to contribute to the work of national revival undertaken by Action Française. According to Léon Daudet, the association originated from the efforts of Mlle de Montlivaut in 1905 in the Loir-et-Cher region and Parisian activists who read L'Action française ...
L'Action française 2000 remained faithful to the legacy of Aspects de la France and the Action française movement, adhering to the doctrine of integral nationalism championed by founding members such as Charles Maurras, Léon Daudet, and Jacques Bainville. The journal defended France’s independence and national identity while advocating for ...
The entrance to the museum. The Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin (French pronunciation: [myze dy ʒeneʁal ləklɛʁ də otklɔk e də la libeʁasjɔ̃ də paʁi myze ʒɑ̃ mulɛ̃]) was a museum located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris at 23, Allée de la 2e DB, Jardin Atlantique, Paris, France.
The liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War II.After the liberation of Mulhouse on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, [1] General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and the 2nd Armored Division entered the city of Strasbourg in France after having liberated Sarrebourg and La ...
The Battle of Havana on 9 November 1870 was an indecisive single ship action between the German gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet off the coast of Havana, Cuba during the Franco-Prussian War. The battle was the only naval engagement of the war, and showed the inability of either navy to gain a decisive advantage over the other.