Some photographs are so much of their time that, as years pass, they acquire an air of genuine authority—about an event, a person, a place—and even, perhaps, an air of inevitability. This is what it ...

Jacques Moalic, a 102-year-old former Agence France-Presse journalist, remembers vividly the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp by American troops 80 years ago. In an interview with AFP, ...

In the long, cruel struggle of World War II, opportunities for celebration were scarce. But even among the era’s handful of “wish you were there” moments—Russian and American troops meeting at Germany ...

REPORTER AT LARGE. Reprospective piece about the Liberation of Paris. On Aug. 25, 1944, the Twelfth Regiment, of the Fourth Division, entered the city. Speaks of the enthusiastic welcome given our men ...

At 102, Jacques Moalic still vividly remembers when American troops arrived to liberate Buchenwald in 1945 - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks At 102, Jacques Moalic ...