The Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte
•May 2, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Forty years after the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on the island of St. Helena, his body was entombed in a sarcophagus at Les Invalides in Paris. More »
•May 2, 2019 • Be the First to Comment
Forty years after the death of Napoleon Bonaparte on the island of St. Helena, his body was entombed in a sarcophagus at Les Invalides in Paris. More »
•December 29, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Philippe Leclerc was among the best of the allied field commanders of World War II. More »
•December 23, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Bernard Montgomery’s controversial “halt order” at the Falaise Gap would tear at the fabric of the Anglo-American alliance. More »
•December 19, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Patton’s Third Army found itself mired in a morass as it struggled against fuel shortages, flooded rivers, and fresh German panzer units in September 1944. More »
•December 4, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
A French effort to secure the West African Port City ended in dismal failure. More »
•November 26, 2018 • Read Comments (2)
Free French forces under General Jacques Leclerc upheld the honor of France during World War II. More »
•November 16, 2018 • Be the First to Comment
Allied efforts in Indochina were a harbinger of years of fighting in Southeast Asia following World war II. More »
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Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat, defied his government and saved thousands from the Nazis. More »
