Simple History. The French Resistance (World War II) Posted: November 14, 2024 | Last updated: November 14, 2024. Resistance soon took place in different ways after Charles de Gaulle encouraged ...

The filmmaker Marcel Ophuls in an undated photo. His best-known film, “The Sorrow and the Pity,” exploded the myth of widespread French resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II.

How a World War II Private Accidentally Joined the French Resistance Pfc. Stephen Weiss, third from left, in France, 1944, after being cut off from his U.S. army unit.

During World War II, he joined the French Resistance as a political activist with the then-underground MOI group. In 1943, he became a military chief in the armed organization of the communist ...

Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. "I give you a big kiss, my darling," she added, blowing a kiss to the screen during the call, which was witnessed by AFP.

Join the Program in Judaic Studies and the Center for Collaborative History to hear Renée Poznanski discuss her book, recently published in an English translation, Propaganda and Persecution: The ...

Shortly after D-Day during World War II, French resistance fighters took 47 captured German soldiers to a small wooded area in southwest-central France. In the scorching heat, ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Genevieve Callerot, who has died at age 108. Callerot, who was among the last survivors of the ...

As the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, marking the end of World War II on the continent, approaches, the women shared their emotional story of wartime sacrifice and suffering.

Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. On the other end of the video call was 97-year-old Andree Dupont, living in France.

French Resistance members reunited 80 years after end of WWII Washington (AFP) – Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas. On the other end of the video call was ...

Back to homepage / Live news French Resistance members reunited 80 years after end of WWII. Washington (AFP) – Renee Guette, 98, laughed as she looked at her computer screen in Texas.