Was it an irrational act? Hardly. Pearl Harbor merely gave him the excuse he had long been seeking.

An exhibition reckons with the revived legacy of an immigrant artist who created ornate illuminations and scathing ...

A visit to Charles Lindbergh's gravesite recalls parallels with the man who picked up his nativist scepter, Donald Trump ...

It was an imperialist act because it divided part of European territory between two countries. From 1939 to 1941, the Soviet Union was an ally of Germany on the Eastern Front, supplying it with the ...

Taken together, Trump's policies towards Europe have an isolationist flavor with lack of clarity about U.S. commitments ...

Research by German scholars lifts the lid on Third Reich officials’ lingering influence as a recovering country desperate for experienced administrators looked the other way ...

The late Marcel Ophuls made films about the twentieth century’s great crimes—and the trail of guilt they left behind.

Every day has a history; even the date on your calendar might hide stories that shaped the world. Have you ever wondered what happened on December 11? On this day over the centuries, the world ...

And why U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose told a valuable truth about the Eastern European country’s actions and legacy regarding World War II and the Holocaust.The post Poland’s six years of ...

The world watched in shock as Britain’s King Edward VIII abdicated the throne on 1936. The decision came when it became clear ...

It is time for Europe to wake up to a chilling truth – America has switched sides - COMMENT: The president has this week shown such disregard and contempt for ‘weak’ European allies that it is now ...

At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. American and Russian forces seized weapons depots, sealed off factories, and ...