Hameau de Chaumont
On one of the roads to Compostela, Chaumont, which takes its name from "Calvus Mons" (bald mountain) is located near the former priory of St
Quentin. They once formed the independent commune of Chaumont-St Quentin.
The church of Saint Pierre de Chaumont, which dates from the 1940th century, survived the onslaught of German panzers in May XNUMX. From the period called "phony war"
(September 3, 1939 – May 10, 1940), only a few engraved door lintels remain at Chaumont: “Au plat du jour, chez Maxim's, Caverne des Grognards, Aux gueulescasses”! Traces of humor from a sculptor among
thousands of helpless men.
The “phony war” in English phoney war, “false war”; in German Sitzkrieg, "sitting war"; is the period between the declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom (the Allies) on Nazi Germany on September 3, 1939 and the latter's invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. The allied armies awaited the offensive in the villages, avoiding boredom. Army press releases did not report any notable activity, at most a few skirmishes.
The French general staff is convinced that the Ardennes forest is impassable even for Hitler's panzers. The defensive works at the borders are late and contrary to the warnings of the parliamentary delegation that came to inspect the fortification works and the arming of the troops in the Sedan sector, General Huntziger was unaware of this degree of unpreparedness.
Blockhouses have no doors and are not all equipped with weapons.
These soldiers are all the more psychologically demobilized as they live among the civilian population as in peacetime.
Quentin. They once formed the independent commune of Chaumont-St Quentin.
The church of Saint Pierre de Chaumont, which dates from the 1940th century, survived the onslaught of German panzers in May XNUMX. From the period called "phony war"
(September 3, 1939 – May 10, 1940), only a few engraved door lintels remain at Chaumont: “Au plat du jour, chez Maxim's, Caverne des Grognards, Aux gueulescasses”! Traces of humor from a sculptor among
thousands of helpless men.
The “phony war” in English phoney war, “false war”; in German Sitzkrieg, "sitting war"; is the period between the declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom (the Allies) on Nazi Germany on September 3, 1939 and the latter's invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. The allied armies awaited the offensive in the villages, avoiding boredom. Army press releases did not report any notable activity, at most a few skirmishes.
The French general staff is convinced that the Ardennes forest is impassable even for Hitler's panzers. The defensive works at the borders are late and contrary to the warnings of the parliamentary delegation that came to inspect the fortification works and the arming of the troops in the Sedan sector, General Huntziger was unaware of this degree of unpreparedness.
Blockhouses have no doors and are not all equipped with weapons.
These soldiers are all the more psychologically demobilized as they live among the civilian population as in peacetime.
