It ends with the Second World War and a passage through colonial and overseas France ... the overseas space for what it is in its own history, and not only from the moment France set foot there". Each ...

And the region’s great châteaux exemplify the grandeur of France’s self image. Away from Paris, real history thundered ...

Even though millions of French troops were manning the defensive Maginot Line in early 1940, Hitler's brilliant blitzkrieg strategy caught the Allies by surprise, and Germany occupied France ...

as the Allied forces attempted to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive map shows the victories, defeats and painful stalemate, and how the lessons learned ...

Colin Jones is also the author of the Longman Companion to the French Revolution and The Cultural Atlas of France. "Lavishly illustrated, filled with superb maps, this coffee-table survey of French ...

ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: It all began with an old scrapbook found at a flea market in the south of France. STEPHANIE COLAUX: Come through. BEARDSLEY ... a German soldier on the street looking at a ...

Brimming with charming medieval hamlets, picturesque ancient towns perched on hillsides and fishing villages awash with pastel-colored buildings, the south of France is magical. The scenery along ...

Sitting in the southeast corner of France along the Mediterranean Sea ... of narrow streets and baroque architecture, so it is any history buff's dream. This district houses numerous churches ...

On October 15th of that year, a few months after the duck's historic flight, a balloon, 'Aerostat Reveillon,' launched in France ... of milestones in ballooning history: 1785—The First Balloon ...

A magisterial history of French society between the ... beliefs and customary practices of early modern France. We look at France from its provinces and its center, we see it through the eyes of ...

Google has introduced a new augmented reality (AR) feature in Google Maps, allowing users worldwide to explore Paris’s most iconic landmarks interactively.

Owing to it being a transport hub in France, the city was bombed by both ... an electric boat or kayak to sail the Vilaine river and through the Ille-et-Rance Canal that slowly meanders into ...