2 real historical locations · France, Italy
Indigènes is a WWII film set on the Mediterranean during 1944. CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning France, Italy. Each pin marks the actual place depicted - not where the film was shot, but where the historical events happened.
North African soldiers of the French Army — Algerians, Moroccans and Senegalese — fight in the Italian campaign, experiencing the paradox of liberating Franc...
The French Expeditionary Corps in Italy, commanded by General Juin, included approximately 130,000 North African troops. Their May 1944 breakthrough at Monte Cassino was decisive in cracking the Gustav Line after mont...
View location →Operation Dragoon, August 1944 — the same North African soldiers land on the French Riviera, fighting north through Provence toward Alsace through a country ...
Operation Dragoon landed the French Army B and US VI Corps on the Côte d'Azur on 15 August 1944. North African troops formed the backbone of French Army B. After liberation, non-European soldiers were deliberately dem...
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