French

The Mémorial 39-45 (39-45 Memorial) in Saint-Malo is a memorial museum constructed within a concrete blockhouse located in the Fort d’Alet, formerly part of the German network of coastal defences during the Second World War. The small museum contains a permanent exhibit on Saint-Malo in wartime, and displays military weapons, equipment, and uniforms as well as preserved and reconstructed weapons and rooms from the original blockhouse.  

The Musée de la Résistance en Combrailles (Musuem of Resistance in Combrailles) in Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne presents the local history of resistance and deportation in the Combrailles region during the Second World War. A permanent exhibition is divided into thematic sections : The Rise of Fascism; The Drôle-de-Guèrre and the Battle of France, Resistance, Life Under Occupation, Deportation, and Liberation.

The Musée de la Résistance en Morvan (Museum of Resistance in Morvan) in Saint-Brisson presents the local history of occupation, resistance, and memory in the Morvan region during the Second World War. A permanent exhibition presents local life in wartime, German occupation and repression, the formation of local resistance and maquis groups, and liberation.

The Musée de la Reddition (Museum of Surrender) in Reims commemorates the end of the Second World War in Europe at the actual site of surrender between Allied and German commanders at 2:41 AM on May 7, 1945.

The Mémorial Pégasus (Pegasus Memorial) in Ranville is a museum and memorial to the activities of the British Army’s 6th Airborne Division during Normandy Landings and the subsequent Battle of Normandy from June to September, 1944. Under the command of Major-General Richard Gale, the unit engaged in numerous offensive operations in support of the D-Day landings and the Allied advance to the Rhine.

The Musée de la Résistance (Museum of Resistance) in Peyrat-le-Château presents the local history of resistance to German occupation and the Vichy Regime during the Second World War. Housed in Peyrat-le-Château’s town hall, permanent exhibitions discuss the outbreak of war and civilian life under war and occupation, the formation of local resistance and maquis groups, internment and deportation, the Vichy Regime and the Milice, and liberation.  

The Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation (Museum of Resistance and Deportation) in Pau presents the local history of resistance and deportation in Pau and the surrounding region during the Second World War. The museum contains permanent exhibitions on everyday civilian life in wartime, local resistance activities, internment and deportation, and liberation.