Brig. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke should have been on leave in Paris, enjoying a well-earned break from the nearly constant combat ...

Veterans and dignitaries gathered in Belgium and Luxembourg this month to reflect on the deadly World War II conflict that ...

Here's the secret story of the 1944 sinking SS Léopoldville, whose victims included four men from Nebraska and seven from ...

France's exports of military equipment to Israel have been shrouded in opacity, raising questions about its complicity in war ...

The legal sagas of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy are far from over as he faces a litany of judicial battles in the ...

In 1945, under US occupation, the Japanese constitution was created. Toshiko Tanaka, then six years old, had survived the ...

In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across ...

Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon - outnumbered 4 to 1 - began one of the most daring and brilliant ...

Some religious and political ideologies opposed Christmas in European history, and festive traditions have proved divisive ...

The district of La Vigie on the French overseas territory of Mayotte was until last week a bustling hub of life. Now it no ...

Bing Crosby found it "really difficult" to perform 'White Christmas' to the troops during World War II as he sang to ...