Nancy a le torticolis - Provence 1944

Summary "Nancy has a stiff neck": on August 14, 1944, at 7.15 pm, a coded message broadcast by the BBC in London warns the French Resistance of the imminent landing in Provence. This operation, called Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil), begins the next day, 70 days after the landing in Normandy. Operation Dragoon will consist for the allies (450,000 men, including about 250,000 Frenchmen) to grip the German occupier to force it to retreat. Faced with the French, American, Canadian and British troops, General Wiese's 19th German army had only 250,000 men, dispersed on the Mediterranean coast defended by blockhouses, barbed wire and minefields, as well as 550 cannons. On the French side, the colonial troops of the African Army are overwhelmingly represented, and as they landed in Provence under the orders of General de Lattre de Tassigny, will play a crucial role with the help of the local resistance. It is in particular these African regiments which will liberate Toulon and Marseilles at the end of August 1944.

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Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Serge Blumental Thierry Calas Pierre Lefranc Jean-Pierre Vernant

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Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Aug 15, 1994

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : France 3 Anabase Production Méditerranée Film Production

Summary "Nancy has a stiff neck": on August 14, 1944, at 7.15 pm, a coded message broadcast by the BBC in London warns the French Resistance of the imminent landing in Provence. This operation, called Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil), begins the next day, 70 days after the landing in Normandy. Operation Dragoon will consist for the allies (450,000 men, including about 250,000 Frenchmen) to grip the German occupier to force it to retreat. Faced with the French, American, Canadian and British troops, General Wiese's 19th German army had only 250,000 men, dispersed on the Mediterranean coast defended by blockhouses, barbed wire and minefields, as well as 550 cannons. On the French side, the colonial troops of the African Army are overwhelmingly represented, and as they landed in Provence under the orders of General de Lattre de Tassigny, will play a crucial role with the help of the local resistance. It is in particular these African regiments which will liberate Toulon and Marseilles at the end of August 1944.

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Aug 15, 1994

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : France 3 Anabase Production Méditerranée Film Production

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