How did Napoleon, outnumbered 4 to 1, manage to launch one of the most daring campaigns in military history after his crushing defeat at Leipzig? Despite his brilliant victories, his hopes to fracture ...

In 2024, more Ukrainians were freed from Russian captivity than in the previous year, according to data published by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs). Over ...

Zelensky's message that he believes Trump will be able to end the war and achieve peace is significant because he has previously clashed with the president-elect on his plan to end the conflict ...

Scope note The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French ...

Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. Since then, she has ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France in the World Wars. Their contributions have been mostly overlooked. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 26, 2024.) ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France in the World Wars. Their contributions have been mostly overlooked. (Story ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France during the First and Second World Wars. Their contribution was long overlooked. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France during the First and Second World Wars. Their contribution was long overlooked. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa.

A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but ...