The Liberation of France

The Nightingale

The final defeat of the Nazis and the return of freedom.

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Bearing strength in each event

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The Germans Retreat The Germans Retreat from "The Nightingale". The End of Occupation The Departure German troops leave Carriveau. Von Richter is among them. The town is free. The Celebration Church bells ring. People sing.

The Germans Retreat from "The Nightingale". The End of Occupation The Departure German troops leave Carriveau. Von Richter is among them. The town is free. The Celebration Church bells ring. People sing.

The End of Occupation The Departure German troops leave Carriveau. Von Richter is among them. The town is free. The Celebration Church bells ring. People sing. Vianne and Sophie watch the last trucks disappear. The Uncertainty The war is not over. But hope returns. Vianne waits for Antoine.

The Surrender The Surrender from "The Nightingale". Victory The News Germany surrenders. The war in Europe is over. People dance in the streets. The Return Prisoners come home. Some do not.

The Surrender from "The Nightingale". Victory The News Germany surrenders. The war in Europe is over. People dance in the streets. The Return Prisoners come home. Some do not.

Victory The News Germany surrenders. The war in Europe is over. People dance in the streets. The Return Prisoners come home. Some do not. Isabelle returns, broken but alive. The New Beginning France begins to rebuild. The scars remain, but life goes on.

August 1944

May 1945