At the North Compound, I visited the Harry Tunnel Monument. This monument is a tribute to the Great Escape, which inspired ...

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

By March 1945, the Allies had pushed deep into Western Germany, but one major obstacle remained - the Rhine River. While ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

Despite these trends, labour-force participation remains lower for women. According to the latest available data, 66.6% of ...

German artist Anselm Kiefer, known for work confronting his country's Nazi past, said Wednesday he felt "threatened" by the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which scored its ...

1995: The graves of Tsar Nicholas II and his family are finally found in St Petersburg after 78 years. On the same day, Viv Stanshall of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band dies in a house fire. 2003: In Haifa ...

Hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.

American forces of the 9th Armored Division made a stunning breakthrough—they captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen ...

During World War II, Leslie Townes was a civilian working with the United States military. Leslie was so skilled at his job that he led a group of sometimes as ...

Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, ...

Centre-right opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory in Germany’s national election on Sunday after exit polls indicated his bloc was in the lead. Acknowledging the challenges ahead ...