When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

A 27-year-old nurse who died at sea while trying to save wounded men during World War ... when a hospital ship they were on struck a mine off the French coast. Sister Evershed lived with her ...

He was among thousands of soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force who fought alongside French troops against ... an assault on German troops. During WW2, pipers were used by the 51st Highland ...

He joined the Home Guard aged 16, despite the official age requirement being 18, but says: "It was a little fib to get into the forces, and I don’t regret it.” “I was very overwhelmed with ...

This followed the departure of French forces from Chad, which had hosted them for nearly 70 years. These moves marked the end of France's military presence in the Sahel region, after the ...

A prominent French journalist on Sunday announced ... actions during colonial rule in Algeria to a World War II massacre committed by Nazi forces in France. Jean-Michel Aphatie, a veteran reporter ...

the technical centre for the French mechanical industries, boasts a unique strike force of R&D experts to support manufacturers in composite engineering and multi-material assembly. “We have seen real ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has fleshed out some possible missions that could be undertaken by a military support force for Ukraine that Paris and London are working to put together with ...

French Air Force official image of the Rafale B fighter, an advanced multi-role aircraft rarely seen in airspace above the Black Sea before now. On Wednesday, France, for the first time, sent a pair ...