To German soldiers and officers, Charles de Gaulle was not primarily a battlefield commander but a symbol of defiance that ...

Despite having a powerful military and the support of Britain, France was swiftly defeated by Nazi Germany in just six weeks ...

European nations are constructing a defensive wall along NATO's eastern frontier as Western intelligence agencies warn Russia ...

As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left ...

KING Charles’ former headteacher fled Scotland over shock claims he was a ‘dangerous’ German spy. Kurt Hahn, founder of ...

The push for women's hockey's inclusion in the Olympic Games began in the 1930s by a group of Canadian athletes. It took more ...

A Jewish organization helped him flee as a teen. Years later as a US soldier, my father went in search of the parents he'd ...

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

Mr Gaudion has been reflecting on the events of 1940 as the island prepares to mark Homecoming Day on 15 December, 80 years ...

Local historian Colin Partridge said: "The Homecoming means much more to Alderney people than the actual liberation." When ...

IN his speech before the Reichstag on October 6, 1939, the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler once more attempted to offer an honorable solution in the best interests of the whole world for the ...

The family's deep German roots are at the center of why they open presents on Dec. 24 — and it dates back to before Queen ...