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Reportage + Société

World War I: remembering the fallen soldiers

Why was the death toll for French soldiers so much greater in WWI than WWII?
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Vie Française

Charles de Gaulle: Part 1 - Fractious allies

When Churchill and de Gaulle agreed they were like starry-eyed lovers. When they were not,…
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Reportage + Société

Defending Paris: bad jokes and history myths

Discover the revisionist history of French's failed attempt at defending Paris during World War II.
 Paris, France


Reportage + Société

Collaboration versus resistance—alive, well and living in France

This week we celebrate the anniversary of the Liberation of Paris in August 1944. What…

MyFrenchLife™ – MyFrenchLife.org - Jacques Chantre - war hero - prisoner of war - WW11 - portrait - Ray Johnstone

Reportage + Société

Portrait of a hero: the story of French war prisoner Jacques Chantre

From corn fields to concentration camps, Jacques Chantre’s nightmare began at the age of 23.
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Advancing like an escargot: the representation of French women in politics

The progress of French women in politics in France has been moving at ‘snail’s pace’.…
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"Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d'un rêve, une réalitéMake your life a dream and the dream a reality"

Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Translation

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S'être coiffé avec un pétard To have combed one's hair with a firecracker - (ie. to have bed hair)
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