In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...

Free French units led by Gen. Philippe Leclerc — backed by the U.S. Army 4th Infantry — pushed into central Paris. At about 3 p.m., the German commander, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz, surrendered.

He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by ...

THE masses of the French people simply did not understand what was happening to them when the German military machine rolled across the Loire and, with hardly a pause, down to Bordeaux and the ...

France’s president has paid homage to former French Resistance activist and author Geneviève Callerot, who has died aged 108 Via AP news wire Saturday 18 January 2025 22:03 GMT ...

Julien Blanc, a historian of the Nazi Occupation and French Resistance, ... Germany — the site of a Nazi concentration camp — and, after the Allied landing in Normandy in 1944, ...

The Resistance staged commando-style attacks, and Allied forces took prisoners and overran German lines. Advertisement Free French units led by Gen. Philippe Leclerc — backed by the U.S. Army ...

The uprising left hundreds of Resistance fighters and others dead but managed to drive Nazi forces back to garrisons around the city. By the early hours of Aug. 25, 1944, German defenses were ...