One of the most dramatic and unexpected events of WWII, was the collapse of France and the Low Countries in 1940. France was the most powerful military power in the world at the time. Britain, its ...

On June 12, 1942, a Bristol Beaufighter roared through the skies over Paris at rooftop level, dropping a French flag over the Arc de Triomphe before opening fire on the Gestapo headquarters. Built for ...

One of the greatest of all documentaries: a portrait of France under the World War II Vichy regime that reveals and critiques a populace and a country who turned their backs while evil reigned.

Kitty Morse wrote ‘Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France’ based on the writings of her great-grandparents.

‘The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-44’ Review: Living Under Occupation More Jews survived World War II in France than in many other European states.

France's new flag war: The Israeli and Palestinian banners on town halls Several towns have been ordered to take down the Israeli or Palestinian flags raised by their mayors, in the name of the ...

Marcel was buried in August 1944, just hours before the liberation of Limoges, "in the presence of numerous battalions - the coffin was covered with the tricolour flag," said Marc Pinte.