Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not since Napoleon did any one country control so much of the continent. Here ...

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, ...

The Allied forces of World War II were more than ready to accept a Nazi surrender, but when they realized they might have left a potential loophole for Germany to continue fighting the Soviet ...

World War II has an extensive and complicated history that many historians and scholars still debate today. It is widely believed that the war began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded ...

The wariness over military involvement that made Germany hesitate to send tanks to Ukraine is rooted in the country's memories of World War I and II.