J.F. Husson - Histoire / History Buff

09/09/2022

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Entre 1939 et 1945, la future reine Elizabeth II, morte le 8 septembre, a participé à l’effort de guerre en tant qu’apprentie conductrice d’ambulances et mécanicienne sous le matricule 230873.

21/08/2022

Visité il y a 2 ans.
Un des bunkers est consacré à la Brigade Piron.
A voir !

22/07/2022

🤩Le Saviez-vous ?🤓 Un musée dans une poudrière... à
➡️Une poudrière c'est un bâtiment militaire construit pour stocker l'artillerie de combat, la poudre à canons. Celle là, date à l'origine du XVIIème siècle et possède deux niveaux voûtés. D'une simplicité architecturale, ces volumes impressionnants pouvaient contenir 1352 tonneaux de poudre empilés en plusieurs niveaux...
➡️Aujourd'hui la poudrière accueille le Musée du Dessin et de l'Estampe originale, seul musée français consacré aux œuvres imprimées. Situé au cœur de la ville fortifiée, il se déploie sur l'ensemble des bâtiments historiques de l’Arsenal : la Poudrière, la salle du Pilier, le corps de garde et la casemate du four à pain. Le musée conserve près de 21 000 œuvres graphiques, essentiellement des gravures, couvrant la période du XVe siècle à nos jours.
(dont des œuvres majeures tel l’Apocalypse de Dürer, l’œuvre gravé d’Eugène Leroy, des gravures de Goya ou Picasso, et un important fonds contemporain; présentées par roulement dans un soucis de conservation)
On y retrouve des résidences d'artiste, ateliers, et animations de sensibilisation, une bibliothèque très complète ouverte au public, et la boutique qui propose notamment les éditions du musée : catalogues et d’estampes originales.

12/07/2022

Black women played a crucial role in both WWI and WWII. Join us this Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. for a film screening of "Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II" followed by a live Q & A session with director Professor Gregory S. Cooke.
In partnership with the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group, this event is free with RSVP.
Register and find out more: https://www.theworldwar.org/events/invisible-warriors-african-american-women-world-war-ii
Image credit: film still from the Invisible Warriors documentary.

26/04/2022

Hope to be back there soon!

📍 Runes at the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary 🇮🇪

16/04/2022

Et un soyez intéressant et agréable à visiter

On 11 July 1690 (Gregorian calendar) the Battle of the Boyne was fought between King James II’s Jacobite army, and the Williamite Army under...

16/04/2022

Discover the true story of Operation Mincemeat, one of the most secret operations of WW2 and now a major Hollywood movie, and its ties to a lone CWGC grave in southern Spain.

11/04/2022

Très beau site à visiter

Work began on the construction of Caerphilly Castle (Castell Caerffili) on 11th April 1268.

Caerphilly Castle is the second largest castle in Britain. It also has the most elaborate water defences of any castle in Britain.

A History of Caerphilly Castle;

After the Norman conquest of England, attempts were made to subdue Wales, with the construction of castles and the establishment of regional lordships being key strategies. The task of subduing Glamorgan was given to the Earls of Gloucester and efforts continued throughout the 12th and early 13th centuries. The de Clare family became Earls of Glamorgan in 1217 and attempted to quell the whole region.

1263 - Gilbert de Clare inherited the family lands. Opposing him was Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, who had taken advantage of the chaos of the civil war in England to expand his power across the region.

1265 - Llywelyn allied with rebel English barons in return for power in Wales.

1268 - The baronial revolt was overthrown, leaving de Clare free to construct a castle at Caerphilly.

1270 Llywelyn attacked and burnt the site, probably destroying the temporary defences and stores.
1271 - de Clare began work again, raising tensions with Llywelyn and prompting Henry to send two bishops to take control of the site and arbitrate a solution to the dispute.

1272 - de Clare seized back the castle, threw out the bishops' soldiers and continued work on the castle.

1276 - Edward I invaded Wales, reducing Llywelyn's power in South Wales.

1282 - Llywelyn was killed.

1290 - Local disputes continued between de Clare and the earl of Hereford, resulting in the temporary royal seizure of Caerphilly.

1294 - Madog ap Llywelyn attacked but failed to take the castle.

1316 - Llywelyn Bren rose in revolt, attacking Caerphilly Castle. The intervention of a royal army broke the Welsh siege.

1317 - Hugh le Despenser the Younger used his relationship with Edward II to expand his power across the region, claiming land throughout South Wales including Caerphilly Castle.

1326 Edward's wife Isabella overthrew his government, forcing the king and Hugh to flee. They were besieged in Caerphilly Castle until March 1327, after which Hugh was executed.

1403 - The forces of Owain Glyndwr captured Caerphilly Castle, but the occupation lasted only one hundred days.

1405 - At the height of his uprising, Glyndwr retook the castle, holding it for a year.

1486 - Ownership of the castle was given to Jasper Tudor, the Earl of Pembroke.

1776 - The Marquesses of Bute acquired the castle, which had gone into decline.

1928 - The fourth Marquess commissioned a major restoration project.

1950 - The fifth Marquess gave Caerphilly Castle to the state. The final stages of the restoration work were completed in the 1950s and 1960s. The castle is now managed by Cadw as a tourist attraction and is a grade I listed building.

10/04/2022

A visiter !
Excellente visite l'été dernier !

Voici une invitation à venir découvrir la fabuleuse Histoire du Fort de Villey le Sec.Plus d'infos FB: Fort de Villey le Sec

09/04/2022

30/03/2022

Longtemps que je n'y ai plus été. Y repasser... Quand ?

26/03/2022

Une forteresse à visiter !
J'ai eu ce plaisir l'été dernier.
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Belfort
Projets des travaux à effectuer aux fortifications et aux bâtiments militaires de la place : mémoires, états, correspondance, cartes, plans. 1687-1775.
Cote : 1 VH 239-266