After the start of World War One the “Commission for Relief of Belgium” (CRB) was established with Herbert Hoover, a wealthy industrialist living in London at the time, as Chairman. Herbert Hoover, ...

Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at ...

In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...

Germany, which ignited both World War I and World War II, is now preparing for the possibility of another major conflict—this time, fearing an attack from Russia. Germany is now fearing that the war ...

The violin by the famed Italian luthier was plundered at the end of World War II and presumed lost or destroyed. Now experts ...

But in the immediate post-war period, the decision makers at Wimbledon opted to bend their rules in the most peculiar of ...

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Given the country’s past, cultural resistance to becoming a soldier is high. Can leaders change minds to meet a changing ...

From World War II's enigma machine, to a Stasi camera concealed in a flower box and even original letters from the James Bond ...

Germany emerges from WWII beaten and broken, not only by the Allies but also by the brutal Nazi regime. The people undertake the task of rebuilding a shattered nation and its spirit, with architecture ...

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...