MENDÈS-FRANCE HAS WON HIS BET, cried the headlines. IT is THE END OF THE WAR IN INDOCHINA. From right to left, the editorials praised the stocky little Frenchman. “Tireless energy . . . firm ...

Bonjour, and welcome to our list of crazy facts about France today! The beautiful country is a melting pot of culture and scenic beauty, but it doesn’t fail to surprise and intrigue as well. We know ...

A grinding conviction that France had just been twice betrayed by Britain, broadly for reasons of high policy by His Majesty’s Government, narrowly by Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon for vain and ...