The Military Square of Arc-en-Barrois cemetery collects body 47 soldiers died for France during the conflict of the First World War. It has this special gathering of men from all over France, none of which was born in Arc-en-Barrois. Indeed, the Château of Arc-en-Barrois, located in the central square of the town and property at the time of the Duke of Penthievre, was transformed into a military hospital from December 1914. Greeted by an English nursing staff under the direction of Miss BRONLEY-MARTIN, over 3,000 soldiers, retreated from fronts of Verdun and the Argonne, were hospitalized there for injury or illness until it closed in February 1919. Forty-seven died there.
On the night of 12 to 13 July 1944, 378 Lancaster bombers take part in an operation launched by the Allies to destroy rail infrastructure in France (Tours, Revigny-sur-Ornain in Meuse and Culmont-Chalindrey in Haute-Marne). Among those who aim to destroy the depot of Revigny-sur-Ornain, nine will be shot down by German fighters, including the one that crashed over the village of Giey-sur-Aujon. Of the seven airmen who formed the crew of this Lancaster, five died and two survived. A stele was erected on the site of the crash in their memory.
Opened in 2008, the Charles de Gaulle Memorial will take you through the exceptional life of the man who became the first president of the Fifth Republic of France. By combining your visit with the monumental Croix de Lorraine and the Boisserie, the family home of de Gaulle, you will enter into his privacy. It is a real appointment with the history of the twentieth century that awaits you at Colombey.