Battle of Besançon [SEP] end time
Battle of Besançon
The Battle of Besançon (21 June 1575) was a sectarian conflict between the Protestants and Catholics in the French city of Besançon in the region of Franche-Comté. Prior to the battle, the Huguenots, accused of heresy, had been expelled from the city and fled to the County of Montbéliard and Switzerland; the outcasts formed an army and planned an attempt to retake Besançon and turn the city into a stronghold of the Protestant Reformation. By the time the armed Protestants had reached the city of Besançon
Eisenberg
Internment Camps in France 1940–1944.
There were 219 internment camps in France during the Second World War. Several Ilags were set up in France by the German Army to hold citizens of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries that were caught by the rapid advance during the Battle of France. The main camps were:
Internment Camps in France 1940–1944 Besançon.
The camp at Besançon was called "Frontstalag 142", or "Caserne Vauban". At the end of 1940, 2,400 women, mostly British, were