Tuesday November 11th is a public holiday in France - marking the anniversary of the end of World War I and an occasion to remember the dead of all wars.

This year November 11th, Armistice Day, falls on a Tuesday, creating the possibility of a long pont (bridge) weekend.

France lost out on its November 1st holiday because it fell on a Saturday, so it's about time we had a day off.

The day itself is marked with commemorations at war memorials around the country, mostly at 11am - marking the time the guns fell silent on the western front in 1918.