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

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

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

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

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

From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian museum has seen some ...

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.

Oct. 15 is officially Varian Fry Day in Connecticut. For the first time, the state is officially honoring the journalist, ...

Dangerously Modern, on now at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, marks an exciting new chapter in the project of reclaiming forgotten women artists.

Sarkozy was accused of funding his 2007 presidential campaign with millions of euros from Libya in return for diplomatic ...

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally ...

Tucson's Orkesta Mendoza rechristens the historic Benedictine Monastery Chapel as La Rosa, Tucson's newest concert venue and ...