On 25 August 1944, after a week of strikes, barricades and street battles, the capital welcomed General Charles de Gaulle, the leader of France's provisional government in exile, after four years of ...

As the bodies of the dead are laid to rest on earth and their spirits ascend to be welcomed by their Maker in heaven, the City of Light is being liberated from terrorists in November 2015 as it was ...

PARIS -- Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago on Sunday. Firefighters on Sunday ...

As the Germans descended on Paris in June 1940, Jean Texcier, who worked for France’s Ministry of Trade, printed some advice for Parisians on how to behave toward the occupiers. He put the handbills ...

The Germans had not yet been driven out of France [TIME told its readers]. Dunkirk had not yet fallen. The Gaullist government had not yet been recognized. But an old Parisian institution (and big ...

2004-08-22 04:00:00 PDT Paris-- No, this is not another story about the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy. This is about another 60th anniversary -- the anniversary of the day Ernest ...

On the morning of 19 August 1944, a 28-year-old Frenchman called Georges Loiseleur hurried down to the street from his flat on the Quai des Grands-Augustins. Paris was abuzz. A short distance away, he ...

Agence France-Presse was created in the tumult of World War II by a band of journalists who stormed a pro-Nazi newsroom and took over as Paris was in revolt. It was August 20, 1944, the day after ...

Many Americans share a common impression of what happened to Paris during World War II, after Hitler’s troops crushed France’s defenses in 1940 and seized the City of Light. In their minds, the Nazis ...

Agence France-Presse was created in the tumult of World War II by a band of journalists who stormed a pro-Nazi newsroom and took over as Paris was in revolt. It was August 20, 1944, the day after ...

It was 60 years ago today, in Paris. I had been waiting a long time for this moment, when I would finally see the enemy in defeat. Allow me now on this anniversary to be one voice for those who ...