French student Marion Nivard starting writing last year to a World War II veteran in Britain ... chairman of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, which arranged the school visit.

Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were ... Dakar. The French military has said 35 to ...

The son of Reginald Lewis, who lived in Dereham before he died, has received the Legion of Honour on behalf of his father.

The Senegalese prime minister and the Chadian foreign minister have condemned claims made by Emmanuel Macron regarding negotiations about the withdrawal of French troops from several African countries ...

On May 2, the Spanish people rose up against the French army in Madrid. By nightfall, 150 French soldiers were dead. The French retaliated, killing thousands of Spaniards. It was the start of a ...

Gen Eric Vidaud was commander of special forces until he took on the military intelligence role seven months ago The head of French military intelligence, Gen Eric Vidaud, is losing his job after ...

Men brought over from the French colonies in North Africa and West Africa to fight and to die for France, the nation that had taken over their own countries by military force in the 19th century.