THE little town of Hendaye lies literally on the border. The Basques – known in Spain as vascos – occupy a region that long ...

In 1940, France was a nation in shock, divided and subdued under Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime. With millions of ...

France’s rapid defeat in 1940 remains one of history’s greatest shocks. This video examines how German strategy, French ...

Gotta get that vitamin D. This is why they won World War II. A little on the nose. Legend has it that the rooster gave Babe ...

While Nicolas Sarkozy is far from the first French leader to run afoul of the law, he now has the ignominy of becoming the ...

Rewriting Australian art history, ‘Dangerously Modern’ at the Art Gallery of NSW is equally erudite and entertaining.

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso ...

Although battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers by the end of World War II, they remain a testament to a bygone era of warfare—and a symbol of their nations’ might.

Meghan Riley, a postdoctoral scholar from the Martin-Springer Institute, was the featured speaker at the institute’s ...

One of France’s leading socialists, Jean Jaurès was assassinated just days before the outbreak of World War I. An impassioned ...

This year is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the extermination and concentration camps. After World War 2 ended in ...