LII.org (Home) About LII     IPL.org     Suggest a Site     Subscribe to New This Week     Contact
Librarians' Internet Index - Websites You Can Trust

Search Help


France

email this email this page



 Websites presented in alphabetical order

Normandy 1944 view detail comment email this

This Encyclopedia Britannica guide to the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy on June 1944 covers the buildup, the leaders, the invasion itself, the fighting, and the breakout. Includes video clips, interactive charts and maps, photos, and war documents.
http://search.eb.com/dday
Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Wars & Conflicts, World War II

Last updated Aug 13, 2005


Normandy: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II view detail comment email this

The chronicles of one of the epic assaults of history. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings, it paints a realistic picture of the events of June 6-July 24, 1944. From the U.S. Army Center for Military History.
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm
Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II

Last updated Jun 9, 2008


Paris Libéré! view detail comment email this

This site was created in 1994 as a "commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Paris 25 August 1944," near the end of World War II. It features a timeline (in English and French) and images and information about important individuals (such as Charles de Gaulle), the French Forces of the Interior (FFI, a French resistance network), and related information. From a site with tourist information about Paris.
http://www.paris.org/Expos/Liberation/
Topics: History By Place, Holidays and Observances Individually, World War II

Last updated Jul 27, 2005




Home | About | IPL.org | Suggest a Site | New This Week | Contact