Toulon

City

Port city on the Mediterranean coast of Provence, home of the main French naval base, where the young Napoleon Bonaparte made his name in the siege of 1793.

View on map 43.12° N, 5.93° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – June 21, 1940 France de facto
July 10, 1940 – November 11, 1942 Vichy France de facto
November 27, 1942 – August 28, 1944 Germany de facto Military occupation
since August 28, 1944 France de facto

Events here 2

August 29 – December 19, 1793 Siege of Toulon (1793)
November 27, 1942 Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon