As historians James Holland and Al Murray chronicle in their finely detailed book “Victory ’45,” it took a lot to end the ...

For Europe, this war represents a profound violation of the rules established at Yalta eight decades ago and a harrowing sign that the continent’s geostrategic order is once again being rewritten. On ...

These plans pack a punch, with some of the most famous sights in the world – in Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, the UK, ...

Picturing Poland, you might imagine a medieval square in Kraków or a steaming plate of pierogi dumplings. But this country of ...

Between 1618 and 1648, Europe, especially its central regions, lived through the Thirty Years’ War: a combination of religious conflicts, dynastic ambitions, and territorial disputes. This war, which ...

Genocide was then recognized and codified as an international crime, which was eventually enshrined in the UN Convention on ...

On March 18, 1945 22-year old Army Captain and Troy native Bill Chapman, Jr was the pilot of a B-24 bomber that was shot down ...

A film depicting the atrocities committed by Japan's notorious Unit 731 during World War II opened in theaters across China on ...

The real history is far more brutal than what the film can depict, said Jin Chengmin, curator of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence ...

The battle for Berlin was a relentless, overwhelming assault marked by the largest artillery bombardment in history, with millions of shells raining down on the city. As Soviet forces closed in from ...

Berlin's Final Battle delves into the dramatic and brutal final days of the Third Reich as Soviet forces closed in on the German capital. Witnessing the intense street-to-street fighting, Waffen SS ...

Last Updated on September 17, 2025 by Matt Staff This photo collection offers a rare glimpse into that transformative year.