The Battle of Marseille was an urban battle of World War II that took place August 21–28, 1944, and led to the liberation of Marseille by Free French forces...

The Old Port of Marseille (French: Vieux-Port de Marseille, [vjøpɔʁ də maʁsɛj]) is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been...

chief of pioneers of Brigade XV. Later on he fled to France where he joined the French resistance forces by fighting in the Battle of Marseille, and in...

Hans-Joachim Marseille (German pronunciation: [hans joˈaχɪm mɑrˈseɪ]; 13 December 1919 – 30 September 1942) was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying...

young protégé in this sweeping tale of corruption, seduction and revenge. Then, the battle for the heart of Marseille heats up as right-wing nationalists...

first band to win the "UK Battle of the Bands" competition at Wembley Arena in 1977. Marseille were the first new wave of British heavy metal band to...

northern outskirts of the city, where it was faced with various companies of the 7th Algerian Rifles.: 68  The city of Marseille surrendered on 28 August...

August 21, 1944, in Marseille. He was an Armenian FTP-MOI resistance fighter who was a mort pour la France during the Battle of Marseille. Sarkis Bedikian...

1494: Battle of Rapallo 17 October 1494: skirmishes near Sant'Agata sul Santerno 19–21 October 1494: Siege of Mordano [it] 26–29 October 1494: Siege of Fivizzano...

timeline of the history of the city of Marseille, France. 600 BCE - Massalia founded by Phocaean Greeks (approximate date). 49 BCE - Siege of Massilia...

Marseille, France was originally founded circa 600 BC as the Greek colony of Massalia (Latin: Massilia) and populated by Greeks from Phocaea (modern Foça...

invasion of Provence, on 15 August 1944, the AFL made the majority of the troops landing on French shores, capturing the ports of Toulon and Marseille. The...

collapsed on 1 September 1945, following the firing of 400 kg of explosives. Battle of Marseilles Operation Dragoon 43°17′39″N 5°21′49″E / 43.29417°N...

negotiated among international leaders. The Battle of the Falaise Pocket ended in an Allied victory. The Battle of Marseille began in southern France. The U.S....

de Marseille on 13 September 2020 Liberation of Paris (1944), military engagement during the Second World War Paris attacks (disambiguation) Siege of Paris...

known as the Battle of Marseille, and led to massive raids in the so-called "free zone", administrated by Vichy. The dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas...

city of Marseille, which was running in parallel with the fighting in Toulon was achieved when the Germans surrendered on 28 August. The Battle of Provence...

it as a battle between the two largest cities in France: Paris against Marseille, capital against province, north against south, the hub of political...

royalists. Upon the announcement of the recapture of Marseille and of the reprisals which had taken place there at the hands of the revolutionaries, the royalist...

Germans organised a raid in Marseilles. During the Battle of Marseilles, the French police checked the identity documents of 40,000 people, and the operation...

victims were deported. During the 1944 Battle of Marseille and urban scaping operations[clarify] in the center of town, 20,000 people were expelled from...

won their respective battles. Location: Toulouse, France Individuals in bold won their respective battles. Location: Marseille, France Crews in bold...

fortifications at Marseille before the Battle of Marseille in August 1944. Wilhelm Holst was awarded the French Legion of Honor, with the rank of knight, as...

progress of operations against Toulon allowed de Lattre to release the 3rd Algerian Infantry Division to participate in the Battle of Marseille. The German...

The Marseille roundup was the systematic deportation of the Jews of Marseille in the Old Port between 22 and 24 January 1943 under the Vichy regime during...

Timeline of the liberation of the primary cities of France between 1943 and 1945. Notes Regional government did not exist in 1944-1945 Footnotes "Musée...

Churchill on 5 and 9 August. The chief objectives of Operation Dragoon were the important French ports of Marseille and Toulon, considered essential to supply...

Krull, and Marcel Bovis. In August of 1944, the north tower of the bridge was damaged during the Battle of Marseilles. The bridge remained standing until...

Paul Rubens, now in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille. It reprises the composition of The Battle of Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci. Chasse au sanglier...

after being sung in Paris by volunteers from Marseille marching to the capital. The song is the first example of the "European march"[clarification needed]...