In 1945, the Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union as World War II came to a close. In Europe, the ...

On Oct. 16, 1978, the cardinal electors of the Roman Catholic Church elected Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to sit on the ...

The Battle of Danzig Bay took place on September 1, 1939, and was a key naval engagement during the early phases of the ...

Sugihara was based in Kaunas, which had a large, prosperous Jewish community of around 32,000 people when the Second World ...

Thousands of residents in Hamburg's Sternschanze district were evacuated after a World War II-era bomb was discovered during ...

The M103 was a heavy tank developed by the United States in the 1950s to counter Soviet heavy tanks like the IS-3 and IS-4. Weighing 62 tons and equipped with a powerful 120mm main gun and up to five ...

In August 1939, the Japanese side was obliterated by a Soviet army that had an overwhelming ... as the true “starting point” of World War II.

Archival records reveal that Koshkarbayev’s unit advanced from the Oder River to the heart of Berlin in just a few weeks, ...

WITH great fanfare, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last week signed into law Republic Act (RA) 12024, or the Self-Reliant Defense Posture and Revitalization Act. Simply stated, its aim is to make the ...

What characteristics define the best World War II movies? Is it the intensity and realism of their portrayal of the chaotic battlefield? How about the authenticity of the heroism and camaraderie ...

For the first time since World War II, one of Prague’s most historic synagogues has held a Jewish worship service. Kol Nidre, ...

That marked the beginning of the Second Korean War, a conflict characterized by guerrilla tactics and constant border ...