In a crushingly swift campaign, Germany humiliated France in just six weeks during World War 2, exposing the utter inadequacy ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The eventual course of World War II put an especially bad light on the decision of the French military and political hierarchy to cease resistance against Germany ...

The Allies landed more than 2 million troops in northern France from June 6, 1944, to Aug. 21, 1944, according to Navy.mil.

Here’s What You Need to Know: France had an opportunity to throw a serious wrench in Hitler’s plans. France surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 for complex reasons. The proximate cause, of course ...

04 August 2005 THE FRANCE & GERMANY CLASP On Tuesday May 2nd 1944 we sailed from Falmouth at 1500 and reached Plymouth Sound at 1915. Due for a boiler-clean, we de-oiled and disembarked ammunition.