The invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the beginning of World War II. A swift and devastating attack that set the world on a ...

Though long threatened, Poland was in no way prepared to face Hitler’s war machine when it finally attacked. Replete with tanks and planes, his would be a new kind of warfare. So, on the 10th of ...

There is a grim irony in today’s announcement of the commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day on 8 May – at the ...

Uri Shulevitz, a Polish-born children’s book author and illustrator who survived a harrowing childhood traversing Europe to ...

Spurred by the war in Ukraine and the prospect of US disengagement, European countries are debating a return to compulsory ...

According to a study Burilkov co-authored for think tank Bruegel and the Kiel Institute, Europe could need 300,000 more ...

One of Merseyside’s oldest pubs is gearing up to welcome customers through its doors this summer. Bootle ’s Jawbone Tavern, ...

Only two months after Germany’s invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, he sent his wife, Anne-Marie, a letter brimming with bitterness: “Anger, helplessness and horrendous screams burst ...

Trump’s return has left Europe’s main military pact looking less assured. Now defence is being reshaped on the continent.

A peace settlement to end a major war can be an opportunity to reorder the world. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in ...