Karine Varley

An attack by the Lorraine squadron on the Mûr-de-Bretagne transformer station near Guerlédan, Brittany, 26 August 1943. Mirrorpix.

Free French Bombers Over France

What happened to the French airmen in the Second World War who bombed France to help liberate it?

Photogravure plate after painting by Neuville, 1882; group of 8 French soldiers relaxing in building yard during the Franco-Prussian War, one playing piano.

Bismarck’s War by Rachel Chrastil review

Bismarck’s War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil argues that German victory was a catastrophe for Germany and the world.

Death and Sacrifice in the Franco-Prussian War

The conflict that broke out between France and an ambitious new German state 150 years ago can lay claim to be the first modern war.