The soaring domes and stone facades of the Nave at Paris’Grand Palaiswere built in 1900 as a “monument dedicated by the Republic to the glory of French art”, and over the years, they have housed seminal exhibitions by Matisse, Braque and Derain, sheltered the French Resistance during the...
1754 - The start of the French-Indian war 1755 - Maxwell is embraced by Altamira. [CbN2, p68] 1756 - Jacques Sirque is ghouled by Pendragon. [DC, p43] Seven Years War. (CTD, IotM, 22) 1757 - Peter Kleist is embraced by Gustav Breidenstein. [BbN, p64] 1759 - Marguerite Foc...
Corticeira Amorim supplies cork for the insulation and interiors of the Maison du Jardin, a circular building exhibited at Boisbuchet, to celebrate French design at the French Design Week. Cork Flooring at Westminster Chapel in London Founded in 1840, Westminster Chapel, designed by the architect Wi...
Life in Vietnam under French colonial rule was brutal, with Vietnamese people granted few civil liberties and subjected to constant exploitation. As one clear indicator of the long-term and devastating impact of colonialism, in Vietnam—a state that had existed for centuries before the French in...
Even with little hope of making an impact against the Germans, the fight for freedom continued. Polish Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up in the face of the horrors of the Nazi Concentration Camps, German army units were needed to deal with the situation. The French Resistance was formed, ...
The flag of the Union of Mankind flies over Earth. There are still pockets of resistance, however. January 1st: Founding Commisioner Yashiro Kasumi gives a speech at the Operation Cherry Blossom Victory Commemoration Plaza honoring those who lost their lives to ensure humanity lived on (...
–1612, France Équinoxiale:French explorers settle a village in where is now São Luís do Maranhão; the General Government of Brazil sends a military expedition to the region, expelling the French and building the Fortress of Balém do Pará in 1616; the Fortress will be used as a mi...
Joseph Joffre played a significant role in shaping the outcome of World War I. The commander-in-chief of the French Army became an iconic symbol of French resistance for his defense against the German invasion on the Western Front. How Many People Died in World War I?
However, post-war France was vehement in its aims to reestablish a French empire, with Charles de Gaulle proclaiming that if the U.S. did not back France in its reconquest of Vietnam, they might ally themselves with Soviet Russians. Thus began the First Indochina War, a conflict that wou...
(See Main Article:Everything You Need to Know About D-Day: H-Hour, Weapons Info, and First-Hand Accounts from Soldiers, Beachmasters, and the French Resistance) The D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, ranks as the boldest and most successful large-scale invasion in military history. ...