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A special train brings new coffins to Le Creusot

‘Nos Villes dans la Tourmente’: a special train brings new coffins to Le Creusot. Courtesy Archives Municipales de Rouen, 4/H/14.2. Tous droits réservés.

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SIPEG train in Le Creusot

‘Nos Villes dans la Tourmente’: the SIPEG train in Le Creusot, June 1943. Courtesy Archives Municipales de Rouen, 4/H/14.2. Tous droits réservés.

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‘Nos Villes dans la Tourmente’

‘Nos Villes dans la Tourmente’: covers for the brochures on Le Creusot, Montluçon, and Nantes. Courtesy Archives Municipales de Rouen, 4/H/14.2. Tous droits réservés

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Civil defence emblems

Civil defence emblems. The Défense Passive armband for Caen bears the city arms; that for the local Équipes Nationales youth auxiliaries is far more rudimentary. Courtesy Mémorial de Caen, FQ/72.

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Civil defence deaths

Civil defence deaths. This plaque in Marseille commemorates the staff of the civil defence headquarters in Marseille, killed at their posts in the raid of 27 May 1944. Photo Andrew Knapp

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Information-gathering

Information-gathering: the Bulletin d’Information de la Défense Passive for July 1944 sets out statistics for raids in the second quarter of the year. Courtesy Mémorial de Caen, FQ/72.

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