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Cranston Fine Arts  Landscape Art Countries France  River Seine |
[UP] - Cities - Normandy - River Seine - River Loire - Mont-Saint-Michel - Porte D'Aval - Boulevard de la Madeleine - Pegasus Bridge - Pont d'Argenteuil - Pont National - Caen Canal |
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Against the Tide by Stan Stokes. As dawn broke on the morning of May 10, 1940, an irresistible tide of German armored and aerial might crashed across the frontiers of Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. A combination of paratroopers, fast moving panzer units, truck born infantry, and mobile artillery smashed its way through the dazed and outnumbered defenders. Leading the Luftwaffe assault were waves of fast fighter aircraft, twin-engine bombers, and screaming Stukka dive bombers. Blitzkrieg had arrived. Within four short weeks Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg had all capitulated to the victorious Wermacht, and the British Expeditionary Force had been forced to evacuate at Dunkirk. By the middle of June the battered and demoralized French Army was in full retreat and falling back towards Paris. In desperate attempts to stem the tide, valiant but outnumbered units of the Armee de lAir struck back with great courage against advancing German Panzer divisions, vainly trying to save their beloved capital city. In Stan Stokes painting entitled Against the Tide, French warplanes of two generations rendezvous over Paris before the battle begins. The Detwoitine D.520 was undoubtedly the best French fighter of WW II. Had the armistice not taken place the D.520s career would have paralleled that of its contemporaries in Germany and Britain. Production was slated to reach more than 2,000 aircraft in 1940, and plans had been put in place to have this aircraft produced in America by the Ford Motor Company. In comparative tests with the Bf-109E, the Detwoitine showed superior maneuverability, and plans were adopted for upgrading the power of its engine to provide comparable speed and rates of climb to the 109. Armed with a 20mm nose mounted cannon and four 7.5mm wing-mounted machine guns, the D.520 could obtain a top speed of 332-mph with its 910-HP Hispano-Suiza 12Y45 engine. Among Frances highest scoring fighter pilots who flew the D.520 was Sous-Lieutenanat Pierre Le Gloan. Le Gloan destroyed 11 opposing German and Italian aircraft during the Battle of France and later would fight against the British during the campaign in Vichy-controlled Syria. His final total reached 18 before his death is a flying accident in 1943. Indicative of the dramatic changes in the Armee de lAir at the start of WW II are the obsolescent Bloch MB 210 medium bombers and the Breguet Bre.693 assault aircraft. The MB 210 (numerically the most important French bomber in late 1939) with its severe angularity, slab-sided fuselage, glass-house nose, and birdcage-like turrets was a typical French bomber of the 1930s. With a crew of 5, and a maximum bomb load of 3,500 lbs the 210 had a top speed of only 210-MPH. In contrast, the Bre.693 was a sleek and modern attack aircraft with fighter-like performance. With twin 700-HP radials this heavily armed aircraft was capable of 301-MPH. Many of these aircraft were lost during the Battle of France in low level attacks on German armour. |
Bord de la Seine a Lavacourt, 1878 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
Le Bassin DArgenteuil, 1875 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
La Promenade DArgenteuil by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
The Seine Near Vetheuil, 1878 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
Vue De L Ile de La Cite Avec La Sainte Chapelle by Orazio Grevenbroeck. (GS) No text for this item |
Effet de Soleil Couchant Sur La Seine at Port-Ville, 1883 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
Les Bords de la Seine a la Grande Jatte by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
L Epte Pres de Giverny, 1885 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
Bord de la Seine a Port-Villez, 1885 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
Le Pont Routier DArgenteuil, 1874 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
La Seine a Asnieres, 1873 by Claude Monet. (GS) No text for this item |
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