France celebrated the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation during WWII exactly 75 years later on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019. Fighting for Paris liberation took place from Aug. 19 to Aug. 25, 1944.
Seventy five years ago on August 25th, French general Charles de Gaulle delivered a famous speech at the Paris city hall championing the courage and determination of an empowered France that stood up ...
On the shores of North Africa a French army of liberation is being forged. By the end of the year it may number 400,000 men, more than half black-skinned and all trained for mobile, offensive war. In ...
France's liberation in 1944 brought joyous freedom but also a brutal 'Wild Purge.' Women accused of intimacy with German soldiers faced public humiliation, including head shaving, as a nation sought ...