France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at La Nartelle beach in Sainte Maxime on May 8, 2009, at the Armistice ceremony commemorating the 64th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. French troops of the 1st Armored Division landed here on 15 August 1944 as part of operation Dragoon, to liberate La Provence. REUTERS/Horatio Villalobos/Pool (FRANCE POLITICS MILITARY)