On September 17 1939, the Soviet Red Army invaded Poland from the East while it was fighting Nazi Germany in the West.

When Churchill declared victory, the young people of the church paraded a full-size effigy of Adolf Hitler to the green and ...

Perched high in the Bavarian Alps, this elegant retreat hid a chilling purpose. Known as the Eagle’s Nest, it became a symbol ...

In the final days of World War II, U.S. and German soldiers fought side by side—not against each other, but against the SS. At a remote fortress in the Austrian Alps, known as Itter Castle, a strange ...

A classic World War 2 film features stars two legends of the big screen, and is hailed for its "astonishing" dog fight ...

As we prepare to be inundated with the strawberries and cream Instagram stories of Wimbledon, did you know the tennis tournament has a poignant place in gay history? Although you may be more familiar ...

Adolf Hitler was educated and "brought up on high culture," so he cannot be compared with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for comments he made during the recent war between Iran and Israel. Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghai on Monday ...

School children welcome Adolf Hitler to a swastika-adorned street in the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia – territory occupied by Germany after the Munich Agreement of 1938 - Central Press/Hulton Archive ...

The fireball could be seen hundreds of miles away. In 1934, German leader Adolf Hitler ordered a bloody purge of his own political party -- the so-called Night of the Long Knives. Hundreds of Nazis he ...

Hitler unleashed the Night of the Long Knives, a ruthless purge that eliminated internal threats, silenced rivals and secured ...