War memorial is an imposing monument located in the Alleys of Liberty-Charles de Gaulle airport, between the city hall and the old port.

Originally the memorial was dedicated to the soldiers of France who died on the fronts of the First world war. The place was planned for him more, near railway station, in the contest for the best project involved local artists. But the municipality organized the second contest, which was won by the famous Parisian sculptor albert Scheer. Under the monument took more space near the Museum of natural history, it is a beautiful neoclassical building, built in 1876 by architect Louis Durand. In 1941 moved city hall – monument appeared in the official Cannes place.

The monument was unveiled on 11 November 1927. Scheer has carved a symbolic group: four exhausted soldiers (two infantryman, pilot and sailor) are on the shield is an allegorical winged figure of Victory with a Laurel branch in hand however. On a high granite pedestal fixed eight bronze plaques with the names of the inhabitants of Cannes, who died in that war.

However, the list of citizens who died for France in the twentieth century was destined to last. In 1944 the city's surroundings were the scene of the fight with the Nazis during the large-scale landing operations of the allied "Dragoons". August 15, American and French troops landed from the sea, between Toulon and Cannes – that the area was within range of allied aircraft based on the island of Corsica. At the same time the attack turned the Resistance forces. August 24, American and British paratroopers liberated Cannes.

After Second world war in French history had claimed many lives in the wars in Indochina and Algeria. Gradually the monument near city hall came to be seen as a monument to the residents of Cannes, to the fallen in all wars.

Here on the day of liberation from Nazi invaders by tradition, lay wreaths, here are the marching veterans. In 2013, in such a festive day past the monument paraded in a huge convoy of cars and armored vehicles of WWII – military jeeps, trucks, ambulances, armored personnel carriers and even a Sherman tank under the flags of the allies. Free places at once-formidable technique were busy entertaining kids and girls.

24 August in Cannes celebrating all here remember how welcomed incoming to the city of American tanks. In the Windows then put French flags, but American citizens were not, and they were urgently made from colorful pieces of fabric.