For France, perhaps one of the most important battles in its recent history was the Battle of Verdun. Fought almost throughout the entirety of 1916, the battle was instigated by the German Army in ...

Indian soldier: We had travelled by boat from India to Southern France ... These included: The Battle of the Somme eventually ended in November 1916 and Verdun was saved; it remained in French ...

On 26 August Captain Bryant accepted the German surrender and Togoland was carved up between Britain and France ... WW1: What caused Verdun to be the longest battle of the war?

This is another Military Tale from World War I; this one is from France and shows the fortitude of the fighting men.

Clemenceau became premier of France only in November 1917, after previous leaders had presided over more than three years of bloody defeat and incompetence. The battle to retain Verdun alone cost ...

Lieutenant Edward Packe flew over the Western Front battlefield in a two-seater BE2c biplane at 7.30am on July 1, 1916. He was shot in the buttocks by a German fighter at 2,000ft.

The head of France’s far-right National Rally party says he doesn’t support a no-confidence motion filed against the ...

But last week the Battle for France, also an important sector of the Battle for Europe, was well on the way to being lost. Arthur Koestler, brilliant novelist (Darkness at Noon) and acute observer ...

Just two months ago, by the day, a no-confidence vote cost Michel Barnier his job, making him the shortest-serving prime minister in France’s modern political history. On Wednesday, Bayrou faced ...

By the time Simon's service ended in January of 1946, he had earned a Christmas tree of medals and awards: three Purple ...

Birmingham (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Aston Villa have one last chance to seal automatic qualification for the Champions League last 16 when they face Celtic in a crucial 'Battle of Britain' clash ...