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Dark clouds over Chambois in the Falaise Pocket

It’s often the simplest postcards that reveal the most shocking stories.  This is true of Chambois. First published here 2014 Our postcard shows the old keep or ‘donjon’, once part of a medieval fortress that now houses nothing more ferocious than a loft of lethargic pigeons. The photo and the postcard do not

From Nonant-le-Pin to… German PoW life in Normandy

The battle of the Falaise Pocket from 12 - 21 August 1944 was one of the most terrible events of the Second World War.  Enemy troops forced into a shrinking space were butchered from every side and above. By 22 August 1944 Allies had closed the infamous ‘Pocket’ around thousands of

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