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 | Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (September 15, 1881, Milan, died on August 21, 1947) was an Italian automobile designer and manufacturer.
Ettore came from a notably artistic family with ... |  | 11/17/2009 | 7 | 



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 | Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian man described as an eccentric genius.
The original company is ... |  | 11/17/2009 | 18 | 



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 | Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, singer, and popular entertainer. Chevalier's signature songs included "Louise", "Mimi", and ... |  | 11/16/2009 | 40 | 



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 | The Mont-Louis Solar Furnace is an experimental solar thermal energy facility that was built in 1949. It was the first facility of its kind in the world, and was a precursor of the Odeillo Solar Fu... |  | 11/14/2009 | 8 | 



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 | The THEMIS solar power tower is a research and development centre focused on solar energy. It is located near the village of Targassonne, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, south of France, ... |  | 11/14/2009 | 32 | 



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 | The largest solar furnace in the world is at Odeillo in the Pyrenees-Orientales in France, opened in 1970. It employs an array of plane mirrors to gather the rays of light from the sun, reflecting ... |  | 11/14/2009 | 9 | 



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 | V weapons site France July 7, 1944. Pilot was from 7th PRG, Mt Farm, UK flying a Spit MK XI.
The NoBall target category was that against enemy missile launchers, bivouac areas, field... |  | 11/11/2009 | 156 | 
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 | In early 1944, 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich was stationed in the southern French town of Montauban north of Toulouse to gain new equipment and freshly trained troops. After the D-Day invasion i... |  | 11/04/2009 | 25 | 



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 | This was the home of the former French President and WW2 hero Charles de Gaulle.
In this file you can also see the gravesite and the giant Croix Lorrain on the hill near La Boisserie... |  | 10/30/2009 | 25 | 



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 | Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491 – September 1, 1557) was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map[1] the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ... |  | 10/28/2009 | 9 | 



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 | The Redoutable (S 611) was the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine in the French Marine Nationale.
Commissioned on 1 December 1971, she was the first French SNLE (S... |  | 10/19/2009 | 68 | 



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 | Stade Marcel Saupin was a multi-purpose stadium in Nantes, France. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium was able to hold 25,000 people and was built in 1937. It was the home of FC N... |  | 10/07/2009 | 15 | 



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 | Private John M. Steele was the American paratrooper made famous in the movie, "The Longest Day" who landed in St. Mère-Église, the first village in Normandy liberated by the Americans on ... |  | 09/24/2009 | 119 | 



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 | At Fromelles Hitler was stationed in 1916 with the 16th. Infantery Regiment.
For a long time it was thaught he was staying in a bunker west of fromelles. Often referred to as Hitler'... |  | 09/10/2009 | 83 | 



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 | In Fromelles and Fournes-en-Weppes Hitler was stationed in 1916 and had a billet (lodging for troops).
On June 26th. 1940 Hitler visited the sites again.
http://pierre... |  | 09/10/2009 | 125 | 



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 | The German flying aces of Jagdgeschwader 1, Manfred von Richthofen's squadron, lived in this castle when not flying. |  | 09/10/2009 | 29 | 



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 | Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) was stationed here with his Jagdgeschwader 1. It was also here he took off to his last air battle on april 21st. 1918.
The successor of The Red... |  | 09/10/2009 | 39 | 



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 | Earthrace is the current holder for the fastest circumnavigation of the globe. Some stories have said that anti-whaler demonstrators have purchased the boat and are using it to 'block harpoons'. |  | 08/31/2009 | 472 | 



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 | Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle (7 August 1876, Leeuwarden – 15 October 1917, Vincennes), a Dutch-Frisian exotic dancer and courtesan who was execute... |  | 08/31/2009 | 45 | 



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 | The Second Armistice at Compiègne was signed at 18:50 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, in the department of Oise, between Nazi Germany and France. Following the decisive German victory in the Battle... |  | 08/31/2009 | 42 | 



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