When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

Livingston Parish history buffs got a firsthand account of a pivotal battle of World War II and learned a little ... Amite River Diversion Canal south of French Settlement. Owner Richard Simoneaux ...

French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...

Over the centuries, the global order has shifted at regular intervals. With the rise of Third World powers, the post-Cold War ...

A Middlesbrough veteran who ‘told a little fib’ to get into the army when he was just 16 has been honoured with France’s highest medal for ...

When WW2 began, the Western Front initially saw little ground combat. But there was plenty of action in the air. On 08 September 1939, six H 75 Hawks of the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air ...

In yesterday’s newsletter, Bill quoted Philip Larkin’s “Homage to a Government,” on Britain’s quiet post-WWII retrenchment: ...

Leavitt responded by invoking World War II as a punchline ... helped make the victory of the US possible. Continental soldiers used French weapons and wore French-made uniforms and, by the ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the politician should be grateful French citizens aren’t ‘speaking German’ ...

Washington — President Trump said Monday that his meeting with French President Emmanuel ... during the American Revolution and during World War II, Mr. Trump said the purpose of the meeting ...

In meetings with Trump in Washington, DC last week, French ... of World War II, when it helped create the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers ...