I received a message from Jim Ryan, the president of the University of Virginia. At first, I thought it was like countless others I have received over the years, since I defended my PhD dissertation ...

Laurent Joly, CNRS research director and specialist on Vichy France, recently found himself at the centre of a high-profile ...

A French military hero became the figurehead of the collaborationist Vichy regime. His trial in 1945 raised questions that are still unanswered.

He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by Germany in World War II.

Unless the whole world was deceived, the Vichy Government last week squarely and publicly placed its bet on Germany to win World War II. Not only did it yield to Germany, which men in France today ...

France Today Looks Like France of Vichy Times. Published May 07, 2010 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated May 13, 2010 at 2:43 PM EDT. After the fall of Paris, the Nazis—and their little dogs—paraded down ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

How Vichy France 'participated willingly' in Adolf Hitler's persecution of Jewish people The French people only truly began discussing their role in the horror treatment of Jews in the mid-Nineties.

It always seems churlish when the author of a book replies to a review—especially one as generously written as Ronald C. Rosbottom’s about my book “France on Trial: The Case of Marshal ...

The Allied invasion of Vichy French North Africa in 1942, known as Operation Torch, ... America Invades Africa - France Fights Back. Posted: June 3, 2025 | Last updated: June 8, 2025.