‘In some countries, the French have the reputation of being anti-Semitic,” Jacques Semelin writes in “The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-44.” It is the goal of his careful study to show that ...

Few chapters in World War II history are as contentious as Vichy France. After the 1940 defeat, Marshal Philippe Pétain’s ...

My Grandad's name is Leonard Milsom. He fought in the Second World War. He lived in a village in Somerset called Radstock and was called up to fight in the army. His 21st Birthday was his first night ...

History Purposes Only!! Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium ...

This article analyses how Nazi Germany exploited France, which — from an economic point of view — was the most important occupied country during the Second World War. We can show that, in contrast to ...

My father joined the Jersey Militia in 1937 when he was 17, so he was involved in guard duties before the arrival of the German |Forces in late June/early July 1940. One summer's day he was alone at ...

In this captivating history, historian Rosbottom (When Paris Went Dark) unearths the large and small acts of political resistance to the Nazi occupation carried out by hundreds of French people under ...

Donald Trump has taken a swipe at France’s record in WW2, accusing Emmanuel Macron’s country of taking undue credit for the Allied victory — despite its rapid surrender to Nazi Germany in 1940.