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Resistance fighter honoured as part of 80-year Paris Liberation events

An avenue is being renamed in honour of Hubert Germain, while many other commemoration events are being held from August 20-25, ahead of the Paralympics

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.

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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

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and former president François Hollande have paid homage to the victims of the attacks today (November 13) in memory of the 130 who lost their lives

British Embassy extends opening hours for Queen’s book of condolence

Members of the public are invited to visit the Embassy or go online to leave a message

Last World War Two Oradour massacre survivor publishes book account

Robert Hébras, aged 96, has written the book with his granddaughter. He has always considered it very important to speak about the tragedy

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 ‘D-Day Land’ could be a fitting tribute

Memorial tourism is one of France’s biggest industries, even though it is inevitably centred on groups of people who died in horrific circumstances.

Mystery Irish D-Day plaque finds resting place

A D-Day memorial stone which two military antique dealers bought at a fair in the UK has been presented to a museum after detective work by them and Connexion .

Parachute drop is highlight of series of events

This year’s commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy are expected to be the last ‘big anniversary’ for many of the old soldiers who were there in 1944.

Plea over shock photos at French war atrocity site

Parents have been asked to keep a closer eye on young people visiting a wartime atrocity site after shocking photos were shared on social media.

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.

Country has right to honour its war dead

Memorial to slavery

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

Memorial

Resistance fighter honoured as part of 80-year Paris Liberation events

US war dead remembered in French cemeteries, 100 years on

400-years of friendship makes Nice a very British city

Last survivor of French war massacre village Oradour-sur-Glane dies

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