Reenactors dressed in wartime uniforms parade on vintage military vehicles during a reenactment marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from the ...

PARIS, Aug. 25 -- With solemn commemorations, a ceremonial flag-raising at the Eiffel Tower and columns of 1940s-era tanks and army jeeps, Parisians on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of the ...

As the Germans descended on Paris in June 1940, Jean Texcier, who worked for France’s Ministry of Trade, printed some advice for Parisians on how to behave toward the occupiers. He put the handbills ...

pq The liberation was "an essential step in the capitulation of the Nazi regime. … " PRESIDENT JACUES CHIRAC PARIS - Ceremonies that drew thousands of people into the streets culminated with a solemn ...

One artist toured Paris photographing locations from 70 years earlier. — -- One Paris-based artist decided to dive into the romantic city’s history, painstakingly recreating some of the most ...

Events will be held all day Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz from Nazi Germany. The latest entry in our series on women you should know: Toto Koopman, a Vogue cover ...

“Paris must not fall into the hands of the enemy,” Adolf Hitler told his top general in Paris, “or if it does, he must find there nothing but a field of ruins.” Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The ...

Paris on Sunday celebrated the 80th anniversary of its liberation from German troops in World War II with tributes, military marches and the hoisting of a flag at the Eiffel Tower. On August 25, 1944, ...