What was supposed to fall on D-Day took seven weeks and tens of thousands of casualties to secure. The battle for Caen became a brutal war of attrition, pinning elite Allied and German forces in a ...

The trend to move to France from the United States is definitely going in an upward direction. Many Americans are living in France and enjoying the attractive lifestyle that the land of wine and ...

Historian Dan Jones sets out on a journey across Northern France, following in the footsteps of Edward III and his English army on their Crécy Campaign - one of the earliest and bloodiest raids of the ...

Seth Sherwood lives in Paris and is a longtime contributor to the Travel section. Inextricably tied to the D-Day invasion of World War II, this northern French region of orchards, dairies, horse farms ...

Norwich Castle in Norfolk has reopened following the restoration of its 12th-century keep by British architecture studio Feilden and Mawson, which added glazed elements to modernise the Grade I-listed ...

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Richard Brock's story begins on June 6, 1944, when D Company of the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment landed on Gold Beach WHEN Richard Brock landed under fire on Gold Beach in Normandy on D-Day, ...

April 3 (UPI) --Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include: -- Historian/writer Washington Irving in 1783 -- Writer/naturalist John Burroughs in 1837 -- Actor Leslie Howard in ...

In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across Europe and warfare began to change, castle designs had to adapt. Looming ...