The world as we know it today has been shaped by battles that altered the course of history and defined global power dynamics ...

Scope note The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French ...

I always listen to the first movement twice. Chaos doesn’t just happen, it builds on itself, it uses gravity to envelop, encircle and pull.

Rejoicing that the dictator they so hated has finally fallen, some people are making their way back to Homs, many finding only rubble ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France during the First and Second World Wars. Their contribution was long overlooked. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. Since then, she has ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France in the World Wars. Their contributions have been mostly overlooked. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 26, 2024.) ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France in the World Wars. Their contributions have been mostly overlooked. (Story ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France during the First and Second World Wars. Their contribution was long overlooked. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...