After VE Day he was in Germany, Italy and Austria and he was awarded the French Legion of Honour ... of the Bocage" – the battle of the hedgerows. Said Fred previously: “Our Battalion ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over the Germans. To ensure the ground effort got to Berlin, the air war had to ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist ... of the groups that fought the country's World War II occupation by Nazi Germany, died Thursday in ...

A son has spoken of his pride after his late father was honoured for his Second World War service, during which he was working in General Eisenhower's signals room at the moment of the German ...

Planting hedgerows increases soil carbon storage by almost half compared to nearby grassland—no matter where they are in the country—says new research. A team led by scientists from the ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...

"It was with great emotion that we learned that Louise's body had been found lifeless that night, in the Bois des Templiers," police wrote in French in a press release posted on Facebook.

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...

Planting hedgerows increases soil carbon storage by almost half compared to nearby grassland – no matter where they are in the country – says new research. A team led by scientists from the University ...

Feb 7 (Reuters) - French trade deficit continued to narrow in 2024, the country's customs office said on Friday. The deficit continued to recover for a second consecutive year after a historic low ...

PARIS, Feb 5 (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Wednesday survived two no-confidence votes in parliament, paving the way for the adoption of a much-delayed 2025 budget seen as ...