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11 lis 2015 · Champagne and World War One: Champagne lost people, vineyards, buildings and markets as a result of vicious fighting during World War One. Don and Petie Kladstrup, writing in their book Champagne, described World War One as Champagne’s ‘darkest hour’.
30 gru 2021 · But during World War II the French Resistance used the Germans’ penchant to reach for a bottle before battle to gain valuable intelligence. By late 1940, the Resistance caught on that the Germans would demand large quantities of alcohol in the lead up to major campaigns.
Naturally, champagne as the national wine par excellence was used throughout the war by cartoonists whenever they wished to strike a patriotic chord. The German eagle and the Kaiser’s nose took turns in being the target of champagne corks in the French and Allied magazines.
World War II would bring more troops marching through the vineyards of Champagne. While the devastation brought to the region was not as severe as the previous war, World War II was still a troubling time for the region.
Early 20th Century and World War I. Champagne's boundaries had been drawn in 1908 and those that were left out of the defined Champagne area were irate. The 1910 vintage had been terrible with over 15,000 acres lost to phylloxera. The previous few years had also been disasters.
World War II officially started in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland and took over. France followed in 1940. The Champagne area did not turn into a major battleground as had been the case in World War I, but the area was taken over and occupied by German forces for four tumultuous years.
10 lip 2014 · Champagne World War 2. The German army's official surrender in Reims on 8 May 1945 - Victory in Europe (VE) day - tasted particularly sweet for the canny, local Champagne winemakers and workers who spent much of World War Two outfoxing the occupying forces, writes Julian Hitner.
