US war dead remembered in French cemeteries, 100 years on Visitors and families continue to pay their respects for American soldiers, over a century after World War One
400-years of friendship makes Nice a very British city Not for nothing is the most famous street in Nice called La Promenade des Anglais. As its mayor and Prince Charles pointed out during a royal visit, the links between the city and the British go back centuries, reports Liv Rowland.
Last survivor of French war massacre village Oradour-sur-Glane dies Robert Hébras, 97, was one of only six survivors. He was shot but managed to escape by crawling out of a pile of corpses ready to be burnt to hide in a stable France pays homage to 2015 Paris terrorism attack victims British Embassy extends opening hours for Queen’s book of condolence Last World War Two Oradour massacre survivor publishes book account
Police seek witnesses after WWI memorial gates stolen in north France The heavy metal gates normally protect the entrance of the Indian memorial in Neuve-Chapelle, and police say someone must have seen the theft
France's wartime tragedy still resonates Dr Tim Blakemore, a former senior law lecturer at the University of Northampton who now lives in France, examines why the country places such emphasis on remembering the First and Second World Wars
Village where time has stood still since Nazi atrocity This week President Macron visited Oradour-sur-Glane to mark the anniversary of one of the most shocking massacres of WWII, and where the ruins have been kept exactly as they were on that day in 1944. Journalist Samantha David writes about her recent visit to the haunting monument, and the maelstrom of emotions she experienced.
France votes to rehabilitate memory of soldiers shot in World War One More than 600 soldiers who were shot for desertion or self-harm will be remembered on war memorials after parliament voted to ‘close these memorial wounds’
Memories of the French Resistance in south-west France A British graduate who grew up in France speaks to a former Resistance fighter in his childhood home village about those who fought off the Nazis there in 1944; he says it is vital to keep these memories alive
Dans le passé: 10, 50 and 100 years ago this month in France France's first saviour sibling and the death of Coco Chanel included in memorable January dates from up to 100 years ago
Six-year-old French Resistance fighter named on memorial Marcel Pinte, thought to be France’s youngest Resistance fighter, will have his name inscribed on war memorial today
French veterans against ‘immersive’ D-Day tourism project French veterans have come out against a planned project to launch an “immersive” tourist experience in France, that would recreate the 1944 Normandy embarkment and battle.
French Air Force acrobatics team join Red Arrows over London The Patrouille de France join RAF to mark 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle's famous wartime call to arms
President Macron to visit London in memory of wartime ‘call’ President Emmanuel Macron is to visit London tomorrow (June 18) for the 80th anniversary of General de Gaulle’s 1940 “call”, as controversy surrounds Marine Le Pen’s attendance at a similar ceremony in France. French ‘D-Day Land’ could be a fitting tribute Survivors keep Holocaust memory in France alive Paris Scots Kirk honours Tartan Pimpernel
Macron: France warned over ‘deadly Islamist ideology’ France should be alert to signs of radical Islam that deviate from “the laws and values of the Republic”, President Macron has said, in a speech to honour the victims of last week’s police attack. Queues and food: How ordinary French honoured Chirac French local history – October 2019 Mystery Irish D-Day plaque finds resting place Parachute drop is highlight of series of events Plea over shock photos at French war atrocity site
Ceremony honours WWII 'secret army' Princess Anne among the dignitaries at an event to commemorate bravery of SOE agents during World War Two
Presidents honour Resistance fighters at battle site Macron and Sarkozy mark 75th anniversary of the Battle of Glières
Calls to stop Gilets Jaunes protests after Strasbourg French political figures have called for a halt to the Gilets Jaunes protests in the wake of the Strasbourg terror attack, and amid reports that a sixth protester has been killed, in a van accident in Vaucluse.
War memorial a first for Paris The first monument honouring all 94,415 of Paris’s victims of World War One was inaugurated on November 11.
World War I: Four wartime inventions we know today As France remembers the Armistice of the First World War, four objects that were invented during the time of the trenches - objects that are still used today - have also being recognised.
Rural France to ring bells for historic WWI Armistice Rural mairies across France are being invited to ring all the bells in their village at 11h today (Sunday November 11) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 First World War Armistice.
Faces of French victims of Nazi atrocity Images of 530 victims of Oradour-sur-Glane massacre go on display
Tour de France war ceremony to honour fallen cyclists A memorial ceremony in homage to the many French cyclists who died in the First World War (1914-18) is to take place ahead of the Tour de France second stage, in the Pays de la Loire, this Sunday July 8.
Fallen gendarme to receive ‘hommage national’ funeral A public state funeral and memorial service for Arnaud Beltrame, the lieutenant-colonel gendarme who died in the terrorist siege in Aude last week, is to take place at Les Invalides in Paris this Wednesday March 28.
Australians upset at wind farm plan on WWI battlefield An wind turbine project in Pas-de-Calais is causing controversy as its intended site is a former battlefield, on which thousands of Australian soldiers died in World War I.
Events honour First World War air ace James McCudden was most decorated British pilot and commemoration is open to all
French crowd to sing God Save the Queen Stade de France tribute to victims of Manchester and London attacks
Rivals join Hollande for tribute to murdered policeman Officer spoke good English and died just before he was due to join international police squad
Kilted tribute for Commando killed in ‘greatest raid of all’ Bretons will wear kilts in honour of Cameron Highlander fatally injured in Saint-Nazaire attack
SAS man seeks to honour forgotten D-Day heroes Michael Colton wants a memorial to the RAF Engineers of a vital operation known as Operation Deadstick