Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen): Founder of the Republic of China and the Kuomintang (KMT). He is regarded as one of the most important figures in modern Chinese history.
Nancy, 1854 - Thorey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, 1934.) Lyautey Marshal of France. Coming from a family of soldiers from Lorraine, the young Lyautey maintained the tradition by entering Saint-Cyr in 1873 then at the staff application school two years later, before serving in 1877 in the cavalry, his w
In 1972, the French Yves Coppens (paleontologist) and Maurice Taïeb (geologist), as well as the American Donald Johanson (paleoanthropologist) created the International Afar Research Expedition (IARE). This expedition allows French and American researchers to work together and share their knowledge.
An affidavit given by a former member of the Assault Battalion, more than 60 years old, bolsters the position that Adolf Hitlers National Socialist Party was responsible for the 1933 Reichstag fire, according to German media. This document, revealed by media group RND, dates from 1955 and comes from
The French Foreign Legion is one of the most famous corps in military history, which has truly written indelible pages of glory on all the battlefields of the world, from Europe, to the ends of the Sahara, Mexico, Indochina, Madagascar. And yet the Legion had rather humble origins. The Foreign L