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'WW2 bomb' kills camper on French island

Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:33:00 +0200

A 26-year-old man was killed and a friend seriously injured when a suspected World War Two bomb exploded on an island off the north-west coast of France at the weekend.

Mussolini's Alfa Romeo sold at French auction

Sun, 15 Jun 2014 09:34:26 +0200

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's official car, an Alfa Romeo convertible, has fetched €180,000($240,000) at auction in France, the auctioneer said Saturday.

Remnants of D-Day harbour wear away at sea

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:48:00 +0100

Recent storms in northern France have speeded up the erosion of the remnants of the famous "Mulberry harbour" in Normandy that was used by Allied soldiers during the D-Day landings. "If we don't do anything there will be nothing left in 10 years," says the local mayor.

German president set to visit site of Nazi atrocity

Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:49:00 +0200

Germany's president Joachim Gauck will pay an official visit to Oradour-sur-Glane, the site of an infamous Nazi massacre in France, it was announced this week.

German raids on France Nazi massacre suspects

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:47:00 +0100

German authorities said Monday they had raided the homes of six men suspected of taking part in a Nazi massacre of 642 mainly women and children in a French village in 1944.

Australian Spitfire remains found in France

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:14:00 +0200

A team of amateur aviation historians have discovered the wreckage of a Royal Australian Air Force Spitfire and remains of the pilot who crashed in northern France during World War II.