During the Battle of Verdun in 1916, German troops expected Fort Vaux to fall quickly after the nearby Fort Douaumont had ...

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 236th installment in the series. Following the German onslaught against Verdun in February 1916, the ...

November 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — “the war to end all wars,” which cost an estimated 40 million lives. While there are no more survivors to tell us their stories, WWI ...

Nov. 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — “the war to end all wars,” which cost an estimated 40 million lives. While there are no more survivors to tell us their stories, WWI ...

Pendant 40 ans, il a guidé les pèlerins sur le champ de bataille : M. Olivier, le gardien du fort de Douaumont, a pris sa retraite. Cet événement nous renvoie il y a 50 ans déjà, lorsque les ...

As March 1916 began one word was on the lips of people across Europe, on both sides of the battle lines: Verdun. The German onslaught against the fortress city was clearly the greatest offensive since ...

Quelques centaines de mètres seulement séparaient la plaque en hommage à de Gaulle de sa véritable attache. Jeudi 28 mai, ...

Fleury-devant-Douaumont is a French village that doesn’t exist. It doesn't have a single church, bakery, shop or house. Yet, it has a mayor, and you can even stop in the village on a hilltop outside ...