Elisabeth Vincken had listened to artillery fire for eight straight days before someone knocked on her cottage door on ...

In 1943, as Soviet armored forces surged across the Eastern Front, a German anti-tank commander began carving out a fearsome ...

Soldiers reportedly uttered antisemitic slurs and performed Nazi salutes when entering rooms, held Nazi-themed party; German ...

Peter Kindred grew up in a farmhouse stuffed with World War Two arms and explosives. His father's Home Guard uniform was ...

In France, between 1941 and 1945, around 200,000 children are estimated to have been born from a union between a French woman and a German soldier. Their often painful search for their origins meets ...

Head of the Bundestag defense committee Thomas Rowekamp said that 20,000-30,000 servicemen leave the active army every year ...

As America soon celebrates its 250th anniversary, it would be wise to look back to understand what allowed ait to become ...

Couples married for decades reflect on how love, patience and resilience helped them weather life’s challenges and sustain ...

When Estonia's Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kot first proposed a new synagogue, members asked why it was needed. They pointed out the ...

The first instance of murderous Islamic terrorism occurred in Australia more than 100 years ago. Nothing has changed. The ...

We’ve taken a close look at the names of Townsville’s streets, and it’s unearthed a few comedy gems - from Redhead Dr to ...

WORLD War Two codebreaker Ruth Bourne, who worked with Alan Turing to crack the German Enigma code, has died aged 99. Ms Bourne, grew up in Birmingham but later lived in High Barnet, north London, ...