He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by ...

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

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On Saturday, July 14, 1945, Versailles was celebrating as it had not done in years. But the carefree spirit of some clashed ...

Victory Day is, in the French case, not only a celebration of the victory over fascism but also a rebirth after years of humiliating collaborationism. There are at least two Victory Days in Europe or ...

As Lyon celebrated the Liberation, survivors of the death camps tried to reconnect with daily life, despite hardship, silence ...

France shocked the world by signing an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the invasion began despite having Europe’s largest army on paper. This video explores the rapid collapse, ...

Henry and Peter Dombrowski, two brothers from Gary, were killed during World War II and are forever buried side-by-side at ...

The Vichy government occupied a de facto position in France which was not at first challenged seriously. And the principal foreign Powers did not dispute its claim to represent France in international ...

The verdict is expected in September. Sarkozy becomes the second former head of state to be stripped of the Legion of Honour — France’s highest distinction — after Nazi collaborator Philippe Petain, ...

Sarkozy is only the second former French leader to have the Legion of Honour medal taken away - the first was infamous Nazi collaborator Philippe Pétain.