Var (department) France into the Zone libre, which included the Var department. The French Fleet was sabotaged in Toulon Harbour to keep it from falling into German hands. The Maquis Vallier, a group of maquis resistance fighters, was active. On 15 August 1944 American and Free French forces land at Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Raphaël. The Free French fleet arrived at Toulon on 13 September. In the 1960s about one hundred thousand French citizens were repatriated from Algeria following the Algerian War of Independence and settled in the Var department. The department of Var has a surface area of 6,032 km, and 420
San Tropez (song) short slide guitar solo from guitarist David Gilmour and an extended piano solo by keyboardist Richard Wright at the end. In a review for the "Meddle" album, Jean-Charles Costa of "Rolling Stone" described "San Tropez", along with "A Pillow of Winds", as an "ozone ballad". He further described the two as "pleasant little acoustic numbers hovering over a bizarre back-drop of weird sounds." "Classic Rock Review" described "San Tropez" as "a jazz-inflected pop song with a shuffle tempo." They went on further saying "["San Tropez"] adds another diverse dimension to the album with its easy-going crooner-like melody and atmosphere." San