Various land-based fighters were converted to become seaplanes during the Second World War. A few were very impressive, like ...

On September 1, 1939, Germany launched Operation Case White, sending massive mechanized forces into Poland and igniting the ...

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A Holocaust survivor, he also served as president of the indie company and guided the Ben Stiller-starring remake of ‘The ...

Eighty-five years ago, the ruling camarilla around Marshal Gustav Mannerheim invited Nazi Germany to garrison Finland and ...

Happy Birthday to Patti Smith, Bob Dylan recorded two songs for his 'Blood on the Tracks' album at Studio 80 in Minneapolis, ...

A new translation vividly renders the sadly evergreen influence of the Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel.

A journey into Hitler’s hidden forest headquarters in Poland, where key World War II campaigns were directed and the legacy of Nazi power and violence lingers.

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its leadership was absorbed ...

In September 1939, following Germany’s invasion of Poland, France launched a limited offensive across the border into the Saar region. Intended as a show of support for its Polish ally, the operation ...

Philadelphia & Yorkshire: Casemate, 2025. Pp. xiv, 242+. Illus., map, append, notes, biblio., index. $19.95 paper. ISBN:1636246133 A Forgotten Theater of World War II This absorbing book (first ...