As the Germans descended on Paris in June 1940, Jean Texcier, who worked for France’s Ministry of Trade, printed some advice for Parisians on how to behave toward the occupiers. He put the handbills ...

PARIS, Aug. 25 -- With solemn commemorations, a ceremonial flag-raising at the Eiffel Tower and columns of 1940s-era tanks and army jeeps, Parisians on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the ...

Show more Show less Bataille pour la libération de Paris, le 23 août 1944 The torch for the upcoming Paris 2024 Paralympic Games was presented during the ceremony Reenactors dressed in wartime ...

In “Paris 1944,” Patrick Bishop tells the story of the German occupation during World War II, with equal attention to French resisters and collaborators. Adolf Hitler with the architect Albert Speer, ...

"Originally published as Histoire du débarquement en Normandie : des origines à la libération de Paris, 1941-1944, © Éditions du Seuil, janvier 2007"--T.p. verso ...

pq The liberation was "an essential step in the capitulation of the Nazi regime. … " PRESIDENT JACUES CHIRAC PARIS - Ceremonies that drew thousands of people into the streets culminated with a solemn ...

MOSCOW, August 26. /TASS/. Pierre de Gaulle, the grandson of General Charles de Gaulle, the founder of the Fifth French Republic, says France's refusal to invite Russian representatives to events ...

The historic Lutetia hotel in Paris, occupied by the Nazis during World War II and after liberation serving as a welcome centre for concentration camp survivors, was on Thursday taken over by luxury ...

Jacques Moalic, a 102-year-old former Agence France-Presse journalist, remembers vividly the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by American troops 80 years ago. In an interview with AFP, ...

Reenactors dressed in wartime uniforms parade on vintage military vehicles during a reenactment marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from the ...