France. Service historique de la défense

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
France. Service historique de la défense
Other forms of name
SHD de Vincennes
France. Ministère de la défense. Service historique de la défense
Service historique de la défense (France)
SHD (France)
Franska försvarets historiska avdelning
Coordinates
2.436 2.436 48.843 48.843 (gooearth )
Start period
2005
Type of corporate body
Administrative agencies
Associated country
France
Associated Language
fre
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 158856991
Wikidata: Q1340921
Library of congress: n 2006091256
Uk: 006663580
DLC: n 2006091256
LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS: 98102689070000041
Sources of Information
  • Guyon, Anthony. Les tirailleurs sénégalais, 2022:page 4 of cover (SHD de Vincennes)
  • Les 300 jours de Verdun, c2006:t.p. (Service historique de la défense)
  • Service historique de la défense WWW Home page, Dec. 1, 2006:(Service historique de la défense; part of the French Ministère de la défense)
  • La mémoire conservée du général Milan Rastislav Štefánik dans les archives du Service historique de la défense, c2008:t.p. (Service historique de la défense; SHD)
  • Quatre siècles de coopération militaire franco-suédoise, 2009:p.[5] (franska försvarets historiska avdelning (le Service historique de la Défense))
  • BNF, viewed 6 November 2013(created 17 January 2005; address: Château de Vincennes, BP 166, 00468)

Wikipedia description:

In France, the Defence Historical Service (Service historique de la défense; SHD) is the archives centre of Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. The SHD consists of the "Centre historique des archives" at Vincennes, the "Centre des archives de l’armement et du personnel" at Châtellerault and a number of smaller repositories. In total, the archives contain about 300 km of records of which 100 km are at Vincennes and 70 km at Châtellerault. The SHD also harbors a research lab in War Studies, the "Division Recherches, Études et Enseignement (DREE)", staffed by ca. 20 professional historians, including both military officers and academic scholars. It deals prominently with French military history (17th-20th century) but some of its members also research broader issues of European, North American or global history.

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