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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

New research by Dr. Laure Humbert from The University of Manchester and Dr. Raphaële Balu from Sorbonne University has revealed how Britain's vital contribution to the French Resistance during the ...

The collapse of yet another French government for its inability to push austerity measures through parliament is raising fears that the debt of the European Union's ...