Airborne Museum’s blog
Portraits 04/07/2025
Jean Sassi
Jean Henri Sassi was born in Tunis on June 11, 1917. Called up for military service in October 1938, he took part in the Battle of France in 1940. Demobilized, he returned to North Africa in 1942 as...
News 01/07/2025
Why a temporary exhibition on the Indochina War?
The exhibition “Indochina: French Paratroopers 1944-1954”, an original creation of the Airborne Museum, is on view from April 10 until November 30, 2025. A subject little explored in World War II...
Events 29/11/2024
Thanksgiving 1944
Banner photo: Corporal Leo Kaller enjoying a Thanksgiving turkey in November 1944 (Wikimedia Commons/Us Army) After the difficulties encountered during the Battle of Normandy, and the...
Events 24/08/2024
The Dronne Column and the Liberation of Paris
It was led by Captain Raymond Dronne, a veteran of the North African campaigns who had been ordered by Leclerc to return to Paris on 24 August. It included an engineer section, two infantry sections...
Battles 15/08/2024
Operation Dragoon
80 years ago, the Provence Landings, code-named Dragoon, formerly known as Anvil, took place. For this operation, on the airborne side, the 1st Airborne Task Force, created especially for the...
News 12/05/2023
79th anniversary of D-Day
The programs of the organizations related to tourism in Normandy useful to organize yourself (a lot of information overlaps from one program to another obviously): And last but not least, the...
News 04/05/2023
The official poster for the 79th anniversary of D-Day
The programs of the organizations related to tourism in Normandy useful to organize yourself (a lot of information overlaps from one program to another obviously): And last but not least, the...
Events 13/04/2023
The United States declaration of war of April 6, 1917
Why did the United States enter World War I so late? Two and a half years after the beginning of the war, just 106 years ago, on April 6, 1917, the U.S. Congress declared war on the German Empire....
Battles 21/12/2022
Augusta Chiwy, "The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne"
The siege of Bastogne took place in atrocious conditions: the american troops were completely encircled by a huge german army, and had to face them 1 against 5 ; these same troops severely lacked...
