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France imposes emergency in Pacific territory of New Caledonia as violent unrest turns deadly
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 2 hours agoArmed clashes and other violence that erupted Monday following protests over voting reforms have...
Rare WWII Pigeon Parachute Used to Carry Messages to French Resistance Ahead of D-Day Found in Old...
GoodNewsNetwork· 3 days agoA rare World War II ‘pigeon parachute’ used to carry messages to the French resistance in Normandy ahead of D-Day ...
Military Book Review The Enigma Traitors: Spy and Counterspy in World War II
Strategy Page· 16 hours agoDermot Turing, who has written several books about Bletchley Park and its code-breakers—including his uncle Alan—has now written about the other side of communications security. Why did both ...
Staged beach battles June 22 to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
ABC57· 1 day agoNext month will mark the 80th anniversary of Project Neptune, the allied attack on the beaches of...
A look back at WWI ace Frank Luke of Arizona, awarded posthumous Medal of Honor
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt wasn't long before Luke Air Force base began operation west of Phoenix. The air base, named after...
Commentary: 'Thank you for your service'
Roanoke Times· 6 days agoMy father flew 26 missions over Germany and France during World War II and holds the French Legion of Honor. When ...
France imposes curfew in New Caledonia to quell independence-driven unrest
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoAuthorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned...
"The Global Hate-Speech Conundrum"
Reason.com· 3 days agoThe recent mass arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have left many asking how such suppression can be justified in a free society. Since October,...
Claire Messud's sweeping novel borrows from her own 'Strange Eventful History'
WUNC Chapel Hill· 3 days agoThis side of Messud's family were Pied-Noirs, French Algerians expelled from their homes in 1962...
WWII veteran who was forced into a Japanese internment camp given France's Legion of Honor
ABC 7 Chicago· 6 days agoA Chicago WWII veteran who was forced into a Japanese internment camp was given France's Legion of...