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Landing of Provence: meeting with Pierre Velsch, one of the last veterans

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Landing of Provence: meeting with Pierre Velsch, one of the last veterans

Landing of Provence: meeting with Pierre Velsch, one of the last veterans

On August 15, 1944, two months after Normandy, 450,000 soldiers landed on the coast of Provence.. Among them was Pierre Velsch, aged 18 at the time. He was one of the first to set foot on the beaches of Var with his comrades of the commandos of Africa. Meeting with Pierre Velsh, one of the last veterans on the occasion of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Landing of Provence. Interview with Pierre Velsch, Veteran of the landing in Provence, voluntarily hired against the advice of his father, showing the beach where they should have landed and his son Richard Velsch The interview alternates with INA archive images.

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File : 1939-1945: Allied landings in the Mediterranean

Publication date : 15 August 2019

Reference:
I24093322
Credits:
Producteur: France 2, Institut National De L'audiovisuel   -   Journalist : Lay, Alexandra
Origin:
13 hours   -   Producteur: France 2, Institut National De L'audiovisuel
Licence:
Turnkey

Reference:I24093322

Credits:Journalist : Lay, Alexandra

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