France’s beet-sugar industry was in the north, and the entire area, with 85 inhabitants per square kilometer (2/5 sq. mi.) was a rich farm area for corn, barley, cattle, horses.

This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief Photographer ...

World War II veteran Jake Larson meets youths during ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.

The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach Hitler’s defenses in western Europe. A total of 4,414 Allied ...

Martinique's main resort areas, Pointe du Bout and Les Trois-Ilets, sit across from Fort-de-France on Fort-de-France Bay. This region is, according to travel writers, the most developed section of ...

Israel also attacked Iran’s defense ministry’s headquarters, while Iran fired missiles at Israel, in the most direct and ...

Sitting in the southeast corner of France along the Mediterranean Sea, Nice is best known as a beach destination. However, those who take the time to explore the offshore areas of this small city ...

The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach Hitler’s defenses in western Europe. A total of 4,414 Allied ...

Brown was born in 1923 and grew up in Dedham. His mother, Bertha Brown, would later remarry and had a second child, Marie, ...

Some residents have been left fuming after a map was released revealing the finalised flight paths for the new Western Sydney Airport.

Joël Le Scouarnec, a French paedophile surgeon accused of raping and abusing 299 child patients between 1989 and 2014, has been on trial since February in one of the largest sex abuse cases ...

Europe French surgeon awaits verdict in one of France’s largest child sexual abuse trials Joel Le Scouarnec, accused of sexually abusing 299 children over span of 25 years, in what is considered ...