On this occasion, Morocco's Vice-Consul General in Strasbourg, Abdelaziz El-Alami, expressed the Kingdom's gratitude and admiration for these heroes, noting that their memory must be preserved and ...

"Peter Caddick-Adams's account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called ...

A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa. This ...

A Dothan man received the highest French decoration for his participation in the liberation of Metz, France during World War II in the cold winter of 1944. John Little Jr., originally from Greenville, ...

Prologue : Eisenhower's dilemma -- Guerrilla warfare and the design of the jedburghs -- Enter the Americans -- Recreating France and the rise of the résistance -- North African rehearsal -- The ...

Although British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt often were at odds with Soviet Premier Josef Stalin during WWII, it is a myth that they disliked him.They ...

Standing under wings with the engines rumbling, the sense of history is undeniable.“This airplane was the lead airplane of over 800 that lead the liberation of France. That turned the way the war was ...

The dramatic decision to send former president Nicolas Sarkozy to prison for criminal conspiracy has laid bare France's stark ...

This year marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944. Two months later in 1944, a less-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean coast also helped liberate the ...