Verdun is synonymous with 1916, but we are here for a different turning point - August 31, 1944, when the US 7th Armored Division liberated the town. Using Life Magazine photographer Ralph Morse’s ...

Verdun is synonymous with 1916—but in late August 1944 it witnessed a different battle. Join a walk-through of the city’s streets and monuments using Ralph Morse’s LIFE Magazine photos to retrace the ...

As I drive through Verdun, France, on my way to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial to cover the Memorial Day ceremony, I am overcome with emotion. More than 100 years ago, a battle raged ...

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are all set to commence from July 26, 2024. Before the grand procession, the Olympic torch relay is a tradition that cannot be missed. The tradition goes back to the roots ...

French rapper Julien Mari aka Jul lights the Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays cauldron Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images The Olympic flame touched down in France on Wednesday with some 150,000 ...

"The war to end all wars" — World War I, which cost an estimated 40 million lives — is now more than a century in the past. While there are no more survivors to share their stories first-hand, WWI ...

“The war to end all wars” — the First World War, which cost an estimated 40 million lives — is now more than a century in the past. While there are no more survivors to share their stories first-hand, ...

A hollow crater bright with wild flowers marks the spot where the little village school used to stand. Another, the former bakery. Today, on the ridge above Verdun in eastern France, buttercups and ...