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 ...

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

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

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

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

In the summer of 1940, France had just fallen to the Nazis and Britain was fighting for its life. Meanwhile, the United States was blissfully at peace. But some Americans were not so sure it would ...

France, to borrow the words of Alain Duhamel, the veteran political observer, “has gone beyond a political crisis”.

This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country ...

Finally, we can read his story in The Memoirs of André Trocmé: The Pastor Who Rescued Jews, a beautifully written account ...

FRANKLIN, Texas (KBTX) - The Robertson County Sheriff’s Office shut down a stretch of FM 1940 in Franklin because of a major car wreck. Authorities confirmed one person has died in this crash. Details ...