In January 1945, the Red Army launched one of the fastest and most devastating offensives in military history. The Vistula–Oder Offensive smashed through German defences, sending the Wehrmacht reeling ...

In April 1945, Marshal Georgy Zhukov expected a swift breakthrough on the road to Berlin. Instead, his opening assault ran ...

Harry Olmer, who has died aged 98, was a Holocaust survivor brought to the United Kingdom after the war as one of the ...

Leah* is already battling with both her fellow pupils and teachers over the wording for this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day ...

The dispute over Greenland is ultimately a North American dispute, and its logic is rooted firmly in the Monroe Doctrine, which has been guiding American policy off and on since 1823.

What should have been a brief trip 74 years ago this month turned into a disaster-movie-scale nightmare. Think of it as “The ...

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low ...

Marshal Zhukov, decorated Soviet commander, risked Stalin's wrath for his Coca-Cola addiction. The solution? A clear version ...

Strange tales retold again and again often turn out to be based on myth. Not so for the tale of Wojtek (pronounced Voy-tek), ...

In honor of the Philadelphia Phillies playing host to the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park, we ...

A couple of overlooked Miami kids, "misfits" one might say, sealed the 'Canes fate, and more than a dream for so many ...

Southeastern Wisconsin’s aviation history is on display at the airport.