WORLD WAR II: Sarkozy in London for 70th anniversary of de Gaulle’s resistance call
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit London on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s impassioned BBC radio appeal to his compatriots to resist the Nazi occupation of France. Read More
The French village that wants to forget
Sixty-five years on from the Nazi occupation of France, memories are still too painful for some to make peace with the Germans. I’ve just come across an example in a little village near the western town of Châtellerault. A German… Read More