14 July 1789. The storming of the Bastille ignites the French Revolution. For centuries, France had been ruled by an absolute monarchy while ordinary people endured crushing taxation, forced labor, ...

When the thirteen colonies declared independence in 1776, they turned to Great Britain’s rival France for aid. At first, France provided only clandestine support. It feared that publicly siding with ...

Thousands of years ago in the Rhine River Valley of northern France, a battle between groups led to mutilated bodies and gruesome trophies. Getty Images/iStock Photo The winners of major battles ...