She was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, in Indochina and Algeria. She was also the first Frenchwoman ...

After France surrendered to Germany, the British saw the French Navy as a potential threat in Axis hands. To prevent it from ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

In December 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the town of Stavelot, Belgium, became a battleground as the Waffen-SS ...

After more than 80 years hidden beneath the waves off Rio de Janeiro, the location of a Brazilian troop transport ship ...

The Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency, announced on 28 January that it had ...