Romain Bréget | French Battlefields Guide
@frbguide.bsky.social
French Battlefields Guide in Normandy. Military history enthusiast.
Website and booking: https://www.french-battlefields.com/
Website and booking: https://www.french-battlefields.com/
#Normandy Last week, taking the daughter of a WW2 veteran on her father's footsteps. Glen Schurr was deployed in Normandy with the Highland Light Infantry, and then with the Essex Scottish. WIA August 13th, at Tournebu.
We were able to see the very field were he was wounded.
We were able to see the very field were he was wounded.
May 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#Normandy Last week, taking the daughter of a WW2 veteran on her father's footsteps. Glen Schurr was deployed in Normandy with the Highland Light Infantry, and then with the Essex Scottish. WIA August 13th, at Tournebu.
We were able to see the very field were he was wounded.
We were able to see the very field were he was wounded.
#Normandy American Battle of Normandy Tour today: hedgerows, Saint Lo, operation Cobra, Patton breakout, Brittany American Cemetery. A beautiful day out of the beaten roads.
March 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#Normandy American Battle of Normandy Tour today: hedgerows, Saint Lo, operation Cobra, Patton breakout, Brittany American Cemetery. A beautiful day out of the beaten roads.
#WW2 Chasselay, France, June 20th, 1940. A Panzer IV is opening fire. The target: a group of POW. They are Tirailleurs Senegalais, African Colonial Infantry in the French Army.
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
March 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#WW2 Chasselay, France, June 20th, 1940. A Panzer IV is opening fire. The target: a group of POW. They are Tirailleurs Senegalais, African Colonial Infantry in the French Army.
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
This is the most documented massacre made by the German Army during the Battle of France.
A thread 🧵
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#WW2 A quick drive around Lyon today: the French Military Cemetery of Chasselay for African soldiers executed by the Germans, bullets impacts from June 1940, the site of the execution of French Resistants, and the German Military Cemetery of Dagneux.
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#WW2 A quick drive around Lyon today: the French Military Cemetery of Chasselay for African soldiers executed by the Germans, bullets impacts from June 1940, the site of the execution of French Resistants, and the German Military Cemetery of Dagneux.
#WW2 A quick drive around Lyon today: the French Military Cemetery of Chasselay for African soldiers executed by the Germans, bullets impacts from June 1940, the site of the execution of French Resistants, and the German Military Cemetery of Dagneux.
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#WW2 A quick drive around Lyon today: the French Military Cemetery of Chasselay for African soldiers executed by the Germans, bullets impacts from June 1940, the site of the execution of French Resistants, and the German Military Cemetery of Dagneux.
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#WW2 Lyon, France. Night of July 26-27, 1944, a bomb destroyed Le Moulin à Vent café, a lair of Collaborators and Nazis. No one was killed or injured.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#WW2 Lyon, France. Night of July 26-27, 1944, a bomb destroyed Le Moulin à Vent café, a lair of Collaborators and Nazis. No one was killed or injured.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
#WW2 Lyon, France. Night of July 26-27, 1944, a bomb destroyed Le Moulin à Vent café, a lair of Collaborators and Nazis. No one was killed or injured.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#WW2 Lyon, France. Night of July 26-27, 1944, a bomb destroyed Le Moulin à Vent café, a lair of Collaborators and Nazis. No one was killed or injured.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
But the Germans rounded up 5 French Resistants from the Montluc jail, drove them in front of the café and shot them hours later.
#Normandy Got my most interesting tour of this year not confirmed last week, most probably they choose a tour company instead of me. Really frustrating, I probably got too excited by this "footsteps" tour.
That's the business. I need to get better to avoid this next time !
That's the business. I need to get better to avoid this next time !
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February 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#Normandy Got my most interesting tour of this year not confirmed last week, most probably they choose a tour company instead of me. Really frustrating, I probably got too excited by this "footsteps" tour.
That's the business. I need to get better to avoid this next time !
That's the business. I need to get better to avoid this next time !
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#WW2 Italy: another Then and Now I did last November following the footsteps of the French 2nd Moroccan Division fighting in the Abruzzo mountains, before the battles for Monte Cassino.
February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#WW2 Italy: another Then and Now I did last November following the footsteps of the French 2nd Moroccan Division fighting in the Abruzzo mountains, before the battles for Monte Cassino.
#WW2 Italy: another Then and Now I did last November following the footsteps of the French 2nd Moroccan Division fighting in the Abruzzo mountains, before the battles for Monte Cassino.
February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#WW2 Italy: another Then and Now I did last November following the footsteps of the French 2nd Moroccan Division fighting in the Abruzzo mountains, before the battles for Monte Cassino.
Thanks a lot Paul 🙏
I should add it on my touring vehicle: "Proudly vouched for by Paul Woodadge" 😄
I should add it on my touring vehicle: "Proudly vouched for by Paul Woodadge" 😄
You're one of the very best out there
February 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks a lot Paul 🙏
I should add it on my touring vehicle: "Proudly vouched for by Paul Woodadge" 😄
I should add it on my touring vehicle: "Proudly vouched for by Paul Woodadge" 😄
I have watched @ww2tv.bsky.social show about the Airborne myth on DDay, and I'm glad all the points Paul is talking about, I'm already addressing them on my tour 💪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK...
10 Myths about the US Airborne on DDay - June 6th 1944
YouTube video by WW2TV
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February 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I have watched @ww2tv.bsky.social show about the Airborne myth on DDay, and I'm glad all the points Paul is talking about, I'm already addressing them on my tour 💪
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiK...
#Normandy Then/Now, Lingèvres, the aftermath of the battle, where Sgt Harris and its Sherman Firefly tank crew destroyed 5 Panther tanks using....5 shells ! What an amazing story.
Learn + about the British campaign by booking a Battle of Normandy Tour: www.french-battlefields.com/battle-of-no...
Learn + about the British campaign by booking a Battle of Normandy Tour: www.french-battlefields.com/battle-of-no...
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#Normandy Then/Now, Lingèvres, the aftermath of the battle, where Sgt Harris and its Sherman Firefly tank crew destroyed 5 Panther tanks using....5 shells ! What an amazing story.
Learn + about the British campaign by booking a Battle of Normandy Tour: www.french-battlefields.com/battle-of-no...
Learn + about the British campaign by booking a Battle of Normandy Tour: www.french-battlefields.com/battle-of-no...
#Normandy So, a new WW2 museum will be built in Normandy, another one (we have about 30ish of them). This one is going to be about the POWs, and especially Foucarville POW camp, to be built next to Marmion Farm. 10 millions € in total.
I'm more than skeptical !
www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-42...
I'm more than skeptical !
www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-42...
Près de Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Bientôt, le premier musée d'Europe à la mémoire des prisonniers de guerre
En 2028, Ravenoville accueillera le premier musée d'Europe en hommage aux prisonniers de guerre. Le début des travaux est prévu en 2025.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#Normandy So, a new WW2 museum will be built in Normandy, another one (we have about 30ish of them). This one is going to be about the POWs, and especially Foucarville POW camp, to be built next to Marmion Farm. 10 millions € in total.
I'm more than skeptical !
www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-42...
I'm more than skeptical !
www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-42...
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Hot take: We should stop calling German tanks Panzers! Do we call all French tanks Chars? Do we want to keep elevating the status of Nazi weaponry? I do think that using the German word marks them as special.
January 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hot take: We should stop calling German tanks Panzers! Do we call all French tanks Chars? Do we want to keep elevating the status of Nazi weaponry? I do think that using the German word marks them as special.
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#Normandy Last week, we visited several WW2 underground bunkers/shelters in Le Havre. They were both civilians and military. And it was IMPRESSIVE !
A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
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A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
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January 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#Normandy Last week, we visited several WW2 underground bunkers/shelters in Le Havre. They were both civilians and military. And it was IMPRESSIVE !
A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
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A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
⬇️
#Normandy Last week, we visited several WW2 underground bunkers/shelters in Le Havre. They were both civilians and military. And it was IMPRESSIVE !
A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
⬇️
A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
⬇️
January 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#Normandy Last week, we visited several WW2 underground bunkers/shelters in Le Havre. They were both civilians and military. And it was IMPRESSIVE !
A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
⬇️
A Thread for WW2 and bunker/underground enthusiasts🧵
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From Normandy, I wish you all an excellent year 2025. Getting reading to take you on guided tours of the DDay Beaches and the Normandy Battlefields.
Info and booking: www.french-battlefields.com
Info and booking: www.french-battlefields.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
From Normandy, I wish you all an excellent year 2025. Getting reading to take you on guided tours of the DDay Beaches and the Normandy Battlefields.
Info and booking: www.french-battlefields.com
Info and booking: www.french-battlefields.com
#WW2 Christmas 1943 in Italy. French soldiers attending a catholic mass in the Abruzzo mountains. Three Germans POWs can be seen in the center of the group of French soldiers.
December 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
#WW2 Christmas 1943 in Italy. French soldiers attending a catholic mass in the Abruzzo mountains. Three Germans POWs can be seen in the center of the group of French soldiers.
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Reposted by Romain Bréget | French Battlefields Guide
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So yeah, bollocks to ‘History is written by the victors’ because sometimes it was written by a Nazi foreign ministry official specialising in propaganda who was a Captain in the Waffen-SS.
December 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM
So yeah, bollocks to ‘History is written by the victors’ because sometimes it was written by a Nazi foreign ministry official specialising in propaganda who was a Captain in the Waffen-SS.
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#WW2 While in Italy, visiting the battlefields of the French Expeditionary Force in 1943/44, I had fun doing some Then/Now videos. Here is one.
Finding a location like this one is like a Treasure Hunt. I love it when I finally match the place !
Finding a location like this one is like a Treasure Hunt. I love it when I finally match the place !
December 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#WW2 While in Italy, visiting the battlefields of the French Expeditionary Force in 1943/44, I had fun doing some Then/Now videos. Here is one.
Finding a location like this one is like a Treasure Hunt. I love it when I finally match the place !
Finding a location like this one is like a Treasure Hunt. I love it when I finally match the place !