BRITISH prime minister Winston Churchill commissioned the development of “Operation Unthinkable” as early as May 1945. The British General Staff was instructed to devise a plan for an attack on the ...

After a summer month with a gleaming motorcycle, we return with tales of cross-country charity, a tank for cognac, and a dawn ...

A soldier who risked his life to protect hundreds of Jewish-American prisoners of war during World War II will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor more than 40 years after his death. Master Sgt.

On May 5, 1945, just days after Hitler’s death, Castle Itter in Austria became the site of one of the strangest battles of World War II. We explore how U.S. soldiers, Austrian resistance fighters, and ...

On May 5th, 1945, just days after Hitler’s death and the collapse of the Nazi regime, one of the most unusual battles of the Second World War unfolded at Castle Itter in Austria. American troops, ...

Roddie Edmonds help save the lives of about 300 Jewish-Americans while being held as a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Russian director Sergei Eisenstein called her a “dollar princess” and Vanity Fair entitled its generally ...

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