Discover how Prussia decisively defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War, a short but pivotal conflict that reshaped European power and led to the unification of Germany. This concise breakdown ...

Germany’s path to unification was long and complex, shaped by centuries of fragmented states, shifting alliances, and rising ...

The “attack or provocation,” in the words of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, when Russia launched 19 drones into Polish ...

Farnham is the home of a soldier whose Army duties take him to the ruins of post-war Germany in a new historical fiction ...

Borders on a map may look fixed, but history shows us they are anything but permanent. Countries rise, fall, merge, and ...

The head of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein state said Germany must both maintain a humane refugee policy and enforce stricter ...

Poland sees Ukraine’s fight as its own shield. If Kyiv falls, Warsaw fears it will be next, with Russia testing NATO’s unity ...

Welcome back to This Week in History. This week’s column is significantly gloomier, but nonetheless important in today’s world as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues. Essentially, ...

In contemplating our unfinished war in Gaza, Yossi Klein Halevi laments that “the Israeli public has avoided a moral ...

I still remember the week I annexed my sister’s stamp collection. I did it mainly because hers had a Penny Red and mine ...

Historical examples offer guidance for securing Ukraine and deterring Russia.

The CDS said that after Balakot airstrikes 2019, both India and Pakistan "learned lessons”, leading to enhancement of military capabilities.