When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain and France declared war within days. But when the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east just two weeks later, there was no declaration, no ...

When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Britain and France declared war within days. But when the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east just two weeks later, there was no declaration, no ...

Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of that liberation. Commemorations are taking place ...

Another term can be “belligerent occupation”, which refers to a more limited form of military incursion. Given the ...

Otto Busse secretly supported the Jewish resistance in the Bialystok ghetto, defying Nazi rule and offering a lasting lesson ...

The 100-year-old vividly recalls the hunger, death camps and cruelty of the guards. Thus, he tirelessly works to ensure that ...

In the Lithuania that existed before the Second World War, a young veterinarian named Ksaveras Masanauskas was a lieutenant-colonel in the independent nation’s army. Then Adolf Hitler and ­Joseph ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

This story has been updated with a response from the White House. A senior U.S. envoy involved in efforts to end Russia's ...

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

Feature / In his celebrated mea culpa, the German pastor Martin Niemöller blamed his failure to speak out against the Nazis ...

Despite the dangers, foreign volunteers continue to be drawn to Ukraine in the face of Russia's war ...