Glières 1944 Saïgon stopped in Varennes-en-Argonne

stopped in Varennes-en-Argonne

Disorganized and demoralized

He himself took command of the right column

This one tries to negotiate with the English and the Ottomans the return of the army of the East in France but the massacre of the garrison of El-Arich puts an end to the negotiations

Glières 1944 Saïgon stopped in Varennes-en-ArgonneGlires 1944. More than 60 years ago, the battle of Glires was a "great and beautiful adventure" (Malraux) which spilled the blood of more than a hundred resistance fighters from Haute Savoie. This episode, symbol of the Resistance to the Nazi occupation and to the Vichy Order Maintenance Forces (Militia and GMR) had never been approached from a military point of view. Thanks to the study of unpublished sources, testimonies and iconography, Yves Barde