Tens of thousands of German and Austrian soldiers were freed to redeploy to Western Front and finish off French and British armies.. United States did not declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary until April 1917. ..…

Meanwhile, an odd young German corporal, who volunteered in the very first days of the war, is blinded by poison gas in its final days, and wakes up in hospital to the bitter news that Germany has lost. ... General Photographic Agency/Getty Images French troops under shellfire during the..…

Tens of thousands of German and Austrian soldiers were freed to redeploy to the Western Front and finish off the exhausted French and British armies. . The late-entering United States did not declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary until April 1917. ..…

Those who did not share this bellicose patriotism were considered traitors or communists and imprisoned (Paul Vaillant-Couturier in France, Bertrand Russel in the United Kingdom, Eugene Debs in the United States), murdered (Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht in Germany; Jean Jaurès, French..…

In the last two decades, smoking rates in France have remained high, despite multiple regulations and antismoking policies (eg, ban on smoking in public places, increase in tobacco price, ban on sales to minors), with a prevalence of daily smoking among adults stagnating at approximately 30%.3 4Compared with..…

French Macron was 'legitimate to pay tribute to general who helped win WWI and decades later collaborated with Nazi Germany WWII his comments trigger outrage among French Jews 'he was traitor and anti-Semite. ..…

PARIS—The umbrella representative group of French Jewish institutions, CRIF, said it was  “shocked” by statements made by President Emmanuel Macron who said on Wednesday it was “legitimate” to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain, who led the French army to victory in World War One’s..…