World War II

Why a far-right gang once tried to steal the corpse of France's Marshal Pétain

War of words marks 80th anniversary of Russian victory in Stalingrad

Senegalese riflemen who fought for France granted right to state pension back home

French city of Lyon to get 'long overdue' Holocaust memorial

Anti-Semitism, xenophobia on the rise warns Macron on visit to French camp

Poland demands German war reparations of 1.3 trillion euros

World War II veterans honored before D-Day anniversary

Holocaust survivor Elie Buzyn, 'militant' of duty to remember, dies aged 93

Macron leads V-E Day commemorations in the shadow of war in Europe

France publishes long-lost novel by Nazi collaborator Céline

Women War Photographers celebrated in key Paris exhibition

French schools receive Ilan Halimi prize for combatting discrimination

American D-Day hero presented with France's Legion of Honour in New York

France pays homage to Holocaust victims at Auschwitz memorial

French MPs vote to return artworks stolen by Nazis to rightful owners

WWII war memorial near Paris vandalised by anti Covid health pass protesters

Macron marks the Appeal of 18 June with highest honours to WW2 veterans

Pharaohs on parade

Hubert Faure, French WW2 commando who took part in Normandy landings, dies at 106

France to return Nazi-looted Klimt painting to rightful Jewish heirs

War veteran and record-breaking fundraiser, Captain Tom Moore, dies aged 100

French village inherits fortune from Austrian Jew it sheltered from Nazis

Strong whiff of wartime scandal clings to Coco Chanel

Somaliland soldiers with French connection who formed the country's breadbasket