Narrative
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The Atlantic Wall - Pointe de Pen-Hir, Finistere, Brittany
Merchant Navy Memorial & Museum - Pointe de Pen-Hir, Finistere, Brittany
Atlantic Wall - Gun emplacement - Pointe de Pen-Hir, Finistere, Brittany
Vestiges of War - Fort Kerbonn - Pointe de Pen-Hir, Finistere, Brittany
The Atlantic Wall & German Gun Emplacement Guarding the entrance to
Brest Harbor & The Bay of Douarnez - Pointe de Pen-Hir, Finistere, Brittany
General DeGaulle’s Call for Resistance
Facsimile on the entrance to City Hall, Malestroit, Morbihan, Brittany
"To our son & brother dear, Maurice Leost - shot by the Germans at Rennes, October 30, 1942 age 19" - Roche Maurice, Finistere, Brittany
The Submariners Memorial & The Citadel - Brest, Finistere, Brittany
The Chateau de Trevarez - Saint Goadzec, Finistere, Brittany
Kriegsmarine Rest & Recreation Center - Bombed by the RAF & Raided by the FFI
July 30, 1944 - The American sweep across Brittany began the next day!
"To the memory of Alain de Guebriant, mayor & 25 fellow citizens
Shot by the Germans - August 4 - 5, 1944 - Saint Pol de Leon, Finistere, Brittany
"To the memory of our comrade, Marcel Rochemulet, a Soldier of the FFI
‘mort pour la France’ August 8, 1944 age 22" - Penze, Finistere, Brittany
Final resting place of the many
Americans killed during the campaign to liberate Brittany - August, 1944
Brittany American Cemetary - Saint James, Manche, Normandy
A Breton couple grieves for the lost children of two generations
Guiglan, Finistere, Brittany
Memorial to the Bretons of Free France - Pointe de Pen-Hir, Finistere, Brittany
by Richard Doody