"I've come to see my friends who didn't come home," says Ken, as he pauses at a row of white headstones. Hermanville War ...

French hunters were paid princely sums for killing gray wolves and cutting off their ears as proof. As a result, the animals ...

As I studied a map of Burgundy while planning a vacation with my 10-year-old son, Lucas, many of the place names looked strangely familiar. Chablis, Pouilly-Fuissé, Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard: it was ...

Olivia Richwald/BBC The "Magificent Seven" York Normandy Veterans pictured in France in June 2014m ... Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode ...

History is a fascinating subject. The history of us humans spans over 300,000 years, and it's been marked by victories, ...

Twenty years after planning the Allied invasion of Normandy, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower received a letter that asked him how the June 6, 1944, amphibious assault came to be commonly called D-Day.

Today, Les Grands Boulevards house two of France's favorite department stores: Au Printemps and Galeries Lafayette. Farther north, visitors experience a lesson in contrast. Place Pigalle ...

Sitting in the southeast corner of France along the Mediterranean Sea ... which is located just north of the Promenade des Anglais (Walk of the English). Vieux-Nice is also known for having ...

Price Day, former editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Sun, Evening Sun and Sunday Sun, witnessed the German surrender at Reims, ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, and as the nation celebrates, Coryne Hall takes us back to the 8th of May ...

He reported this article from Vichy, France. It is disquieting to recall the moving ceremony on the beaches of Normandy that marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day 11 months ago, a celebration of ...

You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] Newsweek has created a map that highlights a sobering ... is now lower than that of North Korea. Life expectancy in North Korea ...