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How Paris organized its anti-aircraft defense during 1914-1918
26 Jan. 2024
Paris replica, machine guns on the Eiffel Tower, walls of aerial balloons encircling Paris, rafts camouflaged with tufts of grass on the Grand Canal in the Parc de Versailles, smoke bombs, searchlights - discover the methods used to defend Paris against aerial attack in 1918.
The album "Organisation de la défense aérienne contre aéronefs du camp retranché de Paris", describes the methods, means and techniques used to defend the Paris region during the First World War.
It is now available on the Ministry of Armed Forces' cultural portal "Mémoires des hommes".
The album belonged to Louis Renaud, a Polytechnicien from the class of 1882. A qualified artilleryman and professor at the École de Guerre, during the First World War he commanded the artillery of the 6th Army Corps, then, on an interim basis, the 132nd Infantry Division, then stationed in the Meuse. In February 1916, at the time of the German attack on Verdun, it found itself in the front line. General in 1917, on February 17, 1918, he was appointed superior commander of the anti-aircraft defense of the entrenched camp of Paris (CRP).
This album has been digitized with funding from the Direction de la mémoire, de la culture et des archives (DMCA):
