Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised for Britain's treatment of mathematician Alan Turing, who cracked the Enigma code during World War II (code-breaking machine pictured). Turing committed suicide after he was convicted as a homosexual.
British historian Ian Kershaw discusses his 2007 book, "Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941 ," which has just been translated into French.
On Tuesday, ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in Poland were marred by spats between Russia and Eastern European states over their respective roles in the conflict. Is history being rewritten?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called World War II the "most tragic" era in European history as the continent marked 70 years since the war began on September 1, 1939. Merkel earlier said that Germany bore responsibility for the conflict.
As Poland commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion in 1939 which marked the beginning of World War II, Russian PM Vladimir Putin has called for a “page to be turned” in the simmering war of words between Moscow and Warsaw.
As Paris marks the 65th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation, a website set up to record commemorative plaques on the walls of the French capital is breathing new life into the memories of those who suffered and resisted.
Sixty-six years after his birth to a French mother and a German officer, Daniel Rouxel has finally won his battle to obtain German citizenship, becoming the first "Son of a Boche" to benefit from a recent agreement between the two countries.
Daniel Cordier reveals in his memories « Alias Caracalla », a deeply moving testimony on the Reistance period. Reaching London in 1940, he gets involved in the French Resistance secrets services, to assist Jean Moulin till his death in 1943.
