The occupation of Poland may have turned out to be the last hurrah of Polish warplanes during WWII, but not the Polish combat pilots, more specifically the ones that escaped into exile in Great ...

History isn't necessarily an eternal recommencement, but't is rich in lessons. The case of Neville Chamberlain who negotiated ...

Before the war had started the US army was a small professional force. When Germany overran Poland within a matter of weeks ...

The first thing we talked about when we got settled in Warsaw was the weather. Defaulting to the ordinary felt easier than ...

The first NCAA men’s basketball tournament was held in 1939 and saw Oregon emerge from a field of eight as the inaugural champion. In the decades since the tournament’s inception, 36 different ...

The comments over the weekend particularly touched a nerve in Poland as world leaders commemorate the 80th ... of them Jews — died after German troops invaded the country after 1939. “Maybe Mr. Musk ...

Irene Skolnick was just two years old when Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Her mother knew the invasion would be bad news for the Jewish family. “The Nazis were really out to exterminate ...

The Kindertransport was a rescue effort which took place between 1938 and 1939 in the lead-up to war ... arrived in the UK from Germany, Austria, Poland and Czechoslovakia when it became clear ...

The German authorities founded the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940 in the Polish town of Oswiecim after their invasion of Poland in 1939. Early on it was a camp for Polish prisoners, including ...

“For the Jews of Grabowitz, the last days and weeks before the outbreak of the war between Germany and Poland, in 1939, were a nightmare,” wrote one survivor from his town. “Everybody knew ...

Provides an overview of Poland, including key events and facts about this central European country. Sir Keir, who is in Poland for defence and security talks, said "nothing" could have prepared ...