The French Resistance risked everything to fight Nazi occupation. Their courage changed the course of WWII.

The Nazis hanged 13 young adults without trial in Cologne in 1944, among them Edelweiss Pirates, in a place that is marked by ...

Roosevelt agreed when his ambassador to Vichy, Admiral William D. Leahy, described de Gaulle as “an apprentice dictator”. There is a chilling echo in Trump’s description of Volodymyr Zelensky as a ...

When an accident threatened to expose two young Jewish refugees to Nazi forces, they found medical help and sanctuary in an Alpine town.

The novelist who brought three of the “greatest heroines” of World War II to life in back-to-back gripping stories will ...

Captured by the Germans after being seriously wounded fighting for France during World War I, he was interned in a POW camp for two years, where he learned English from a fellow prisoner.

Tributes have been paid to a 102-year-old RAF veteran who survived "brutal interrogations" by the Nazis during World War Two.

When it comes to composites, sport is often the best way to put materials and manufacturing processes to the test. Once again ...

French President Emmanuel Macron will receive heads of state and government from all over the world, such as German Chancellor ... in the land of the Gauls, resistance is forming not only against ...

Throughout history, oppressive regimes have used state institutions—executive, legislative, and judicial—to consolidate power ...

From winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map.