The Battle of Normandy - D-Day -- With almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in France, Operation Overlord still ranks as the world's largest seaborne invasion. It defined an era and helped shape the world we live in.
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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu --
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The Flag of France: Tricolore --
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The French Revolution --
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Causes of the French Revolution --
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The Treaty of Versailles --
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The Dreyfus Affair --
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La Marseillaise --
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History of France --
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Introduction -- History can be relived all throughout France...
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Prehistory -- The Celts, emerging from Central Europe, settled in Germany and Gaul as early as 2500 B.C. They started to work with iron to make tools and weapons, and lived in well organized societies until 125 B.C., when the Roman Empire began its in the South of France.
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Antiquity -- During the 2nd century AC, Romans brought Christianity into Gaul and by the third century, the power of the Roman Empire had begun its decline....
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Middle Ages -- Charles Martel, the first leader of the Carolingian dynasty, initiated the expansion of the Franks' kingdom and stopped the Muslim advance from Spain in 732.
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Renaissance -- In the early 16th century, after a series of Italian wars, Francois I strengthened the French Crown and welcomed to France many Italian artists and designers such as Leonardo da Vinci. Their influence assured the success of the Renaissance style characterized by enlarged doors and windows, the great sophistications of the interiors...
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Grand Siècle -- The 17th century was marked by a period of exeptional power and glamour for the French Monarchy...
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Revolution Era -- The 18th century's Enlightment brought thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau to struggle against the principles of the old regime and absolutism...
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Napoleonic Era -- The Revolution ends in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and was crowned First Consul at the age of thirty...
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19th Century -- The industrial expansion was not slowed by the war and continued at a fast pace. To commemorate the centenial of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was constructed during the Universal Exhibition of 1889...
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20th Century -- The First World War erupted in 1914 in northeast France and after two years of German victories, fell into the horrors of trench warfare. The United States entered the war in 1917 and helped France to victory...
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