Disguised as a ceremonial visitor, the aging battleship Schleswig-Holstein entered the port of Danzig carrying hundreds of hidden troops. At dawn on September 1, 1939, her guns opened fire on the ...

The German pocket battleship Admiral Graph unleashed chaos across the South Atlantic in late 1939, sinking multiple British ...

After a parent dies, children commonly wish they had asked more questions about their family’s history. Anyone who has ever ...

An interview with IYSSE spokesperson Tamino Dreisam exposes the class interests behind Germany’s reintroduction of ...

Looking back over 2025 I remember all the books, articles and TV programmes produced to commemorate the ending of World War ...

As Jane Fonda revives the Committee for the First Amendment, a look at the lesser-known Committee of 56, whose membership ...

Filipinos mourned the deaths of several local celebrities, who have touched the hearts of their legions of fans and ...

It had taken six decades to clear, and was six years overdue, but Britain proved it was a reliable debtor and a reliable ally ...

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...

Unity Mitford shot herself in the head when war broke out but survived and returned to Britain amid pregnancy rumours ...

The Australian government has been accused of failing to heed warnings about antisemitic threats ahead of the deadly attack.

One of the first jazz musicians from Poland to gain an international following, he recorded more than 60 albums and played ...