[5] Southeast Gaul belonged to Burgundy, but in 510 the king of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric the Great, conquered the region between the Durance, the Rhône and the Isère.

[3] This monastery remained important into the 15th century and for a time housed the relics of Saint Honoratus, moved there from Lérins Abbey.

[8] Like many communes in the département, Ganagobie had a school well before the Jules Ferry laws: in 1863, it already had one that provided primary education to boys.

Ahead of the Allied landing in Provence, two Operation Jedburgh teams parachuted in on August 8 and 9 to attack the German rear, notably its communication channels.

Some 3000 FFI fighters took control of route nationale 96 (RN 96), which runs through the valley of the Durance from Manosque to Veynes.

[13] Following debarcation, Allied forces quickly broke through German defenses, and moved to cut off the Wehrmacht retreat.