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functioning of the Louis XIV’s reading room
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Opening of public records concerning the Algerian war

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Les états généraux de l'histoire militaire. Les 1er et 2 février

Exposition "Aux origines de l’Académie de marine" Vincennes jusqu'au 25 mars

Exposition Les décorations : honneurs et gloires du soldat. Jusqu'au 24 mars

Nouveau numéro de la RHA consacré au « soldat indigène ».

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Numérisation de l'inscription maritime des sept quartiers de Bretagne-sud

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