Civilian Civilian Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:35:40 +0000 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:35:40 +0000 Whitebeam Battlefield Research Forum http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/forums/civilian.18/ 'My Longest Night' by Genevieve Duboscq Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:11:09 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/my-longest-night-by-genevieve-duboscq.73/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/my-longest-night-by-genevieve-duboscq.73/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I picked up a second hand copy of "My Longest Night" by Genevieve Duboscq while in Dublin the other day. A book which, in itself is a masterful and unique account of a young French girl's life before, during and after the invasion, but also has specific new (to me) accounts of the fighting around La Fiere bridge.

Genevieve lived with her...

'My Longest Night' by Genevieve Duboscq]]> 23 Chateau La Fiere Sat, 06 Jul 2019 11:58:47 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/chateau-la-fiere.243/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/chateau-la-fiere.243/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I have been contacted by Jil Launay, the owner of Chateau La Fiere, asking if we can discover what part the Chateau played in the La Fiere Bridge actions of 6th - 9th June 1944 and, in addition, any more general historical information on her home.

The Chateau is located just north of La Fiere hamlet as indicated on the extract from the war time Sheet No. 31/18 N.E. (Ste Mere Eglise) below:...

Chateau La Fiere]]> 7 Extracts 'Battle of the Falaise Gap' (Civilian) Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:03:49 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/extracts-battle-of-the-falaise-gap-civilian.348/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/extracts-battle-of-the-falaise-gap-civilian.348/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
One of my favorite books on the Normandy Campaign is a very old first edition (English translation) of 'Battle of the Falaise Gap' by Eddy Florentin. I have been think about opening a thread based on extracts from the book for some time now, delayed by a a quandary as to where on the Forum to locate the new thread. The book...

Extracts 'Battle of the Falaise Gap' (Civilian)]]> 20 Tracing Route Taken In 'Roads Without Birds' Wed, 25 Jan 2017 15:30:04 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/tracing-route-taken-in-roads-without-birds.47/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/tracing-route-taken-in-roads-without-birds.47/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I am attempting to trace the route taken by a French refugee family as described in the book "Roads Without Birds - Memories of Normandy, 1944" by Raoul Dujardin. The book describes how the family had to deal with the very real and present danger of being killed as they try to flee the fighting with their few meagre possessions.

Menacing German officers, becoming...

Tracing Route Taken In 'Roads Without Birds']]> 35 An Old Man Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:33:35 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/an-old-man.308/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/an-old-man.308/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I was reading 'D-Day Plus One - Shot Down and on the Run in France' by Frank "Dutch" Holland today. As the title implies, Frank was a RAF pilot, flying with No. 184 Squadron, part of 2nd TAF when his Typhoon was brought down by ground fire on the 7th June near the village of Croissanville and the hamlet of le Lion d'Or (see Google Map...

An Old Man]]> French civilians around the battery at Longues in 1946 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:17:34 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/french-civilians-around-the-battery-at-longues-in-1946.179/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/french-civilians-around-the-battery-at-longues-in-1946.179/ invalid@example.com (allan125) allan125
http://www.cinematheque-normandie.fr/batterie-de-longues-sur-mer-en-1946/

Perhaps this website will give us further links for our Battle of Normandy research?

Allan]]> 6 French Family Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:04:59 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/french-family.203/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/french-family.203/ invalid@example.com (Glider Infantryman) Glider Infantryman
French Family]]> 5 'D-Day Through French Eyes: Normandy 1944' by Mary Louise Roberts Fri, 06 Dec 2013 23:16:52 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/d-day-through-french-eyes-normandy-1944-by-mary-louise-roberts.169/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/d-day-through-french-eyes-normandy-1944-by-mary-louise-roberts.169/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
This is just a heads up on a new French account to be published next May:

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One to watch I think from reading the full description on The Book Depository site. They don't have the huge...

'D-Day Through French Eyes: Normandy 1944' by Mary Louise Roberts]]>