Vichy France
Emile Bertin: The French Warship that Changed Sides (Twice) in World War II
In June 1940, the 581-foot-long French light cruiser Émile Bertin sat docked in Halifax, when back in Europe, French officers gathered in the late Ferdinand Foch’s railway car at Compiègne to sign...
Take That, Hitler: How France Scored Its Very First Military Victory on Nazi Germany
It is not a stretch to say June 1940 was the darkest month in the history of the French Republic. As late as early May, France had been considered the...