The fate of a landmark trade deal with the European Union, which France is trying to block, looms large over a summit this ...

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

Their resistance had taken ­exceptional courage: about 150 Résistance-Fer members were shot and another 500 or so deported to camps in Germany, where almost half died. The film does not gloss ...

As head of the Gestapo in Lyon, Klaus Barbie was notorious for his cruelty. After World War II, he escaped to Bolivia, aided ...

French Resistance Fighter Goes Public About Execution of German P.O.W.s Forty-seven soldiers were shot dead and secretly buried shortly after D-Day, a veteran says. The story was hidden for decades.

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.

When poet René Char joined the French Resistance against Nazi occupation of France in WWII, he led sections of the maquis, rural guerrilla units, in Provence, and orchestrated dangerous parachute ...

Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. On the other end of the video call was 97-year-old Andree Dupont, living in France. The women, who supported the French ...

An American In The French Resistance. There are few tales of the French resistance that come from American sources, but I located this “Escape & Evasion” report delivered by Private Robert A ...

The French government seized the Martinez from Emmanuel Martinez in 1944 after they accused him of selling the hotel to Mende Skolnikoff, who they saw as a black marketer, reports claimed.

French poet, journalist, war correspondent and member of the French Resistance, Madeleine Riffaud, poses during a photo session at her home in Paris, on June 17, 2024.