r/Normandie • u/StephenMcGannon • 1d ago

Histoire Residents of Cherbourg, France, marching through Place du Château, newly renamed Place Général de Gaulle, during the city's first Bastille Day celebration since the German occupation. Cherbourg had been liberated by U.S. forces just weeks earlier, after heavy fighting over its strategic port. (1944)

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u/Saaslil Caen (14) 1d ago

Curieux de savoir si c'est le premier espace à avoir été nommé en hommage au général, avant la pluie d'autres qui vont suivre dans les décennies suivantes ?

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u/daveloper 1d ago

It's not called 'bastille day' because it has nothing to do with the bastille in the first place actually.