This tour offers you an overview of the diversity of the military heritage of the Mediterranean Porte des Maures dating from the Second World War, thanks to a composition made up of sites that are both unmissable and little known in the area.
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After the Armistice of June 1940, defeated France collaborated with the Third Reich. After the allied landing in North Africa and the scuttling of the French fleet in the port of Toulon in November 1942, General de Gaulle entrusted General Giraud in 1943 with the task of reorganising a French army in North Africa with the material support of the Americans.
The Allies imagined pincering the occupying troops from the North (operation OVERLORD, in Normandy) and the South (operation DRAGOON in...
The Allies imagined pincering the occupying troops from the North (operation OVERLORD, in Normandy) and the South (operation DRAGOON in...
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All year 2025 - Open everyday
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- Starting point of the heritage trail no. 1