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French Resistance museums and memorials commemorate people and events associated with the French movements, collectively known as the French Resistance (French: La Résistance) that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy régime during the Second World War.
Pages in category "World War II memorials in France" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Mémorial de la France combattante (Memorial to Fighting France) is the most important memorial to French fighters of World War II (1939–1945). It is situated below Fort Mont-Valérien in Suresnes, in the western suburbs of Paris. It commemorates members of the armed forces from France and the colonies, and members of the French ...
The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation (English: Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation) [2] is a memorial to the 200,000 people who were deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. It is located in Paris, France, on the site of a former morgue, underground behind Notre Dame on Île de la Cité.
On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area including the capture and subsequent execution of a close friend of Waffen-SS ...
The Valençay SOE Memorial is a monument in France to the members of the Special Operations Executive F Section [1] who died working to liberate the country during World War II. The memorial was unveiled in the town of Valençay, in the department of Indre, on May 6, 1991, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the despatch of F Section's first ...
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (French: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. It is located on the site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent, covers 172 ...
The British Normandy Memorial is a war memorial near the village of Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. It was unveiled on 6 June 2021, the 77th anniversary of D-Day , and it is dedicated to soldiers who died under British command during the Normandy landings .