In June 2004, while spending a weekend in Munich away from dissertation research at the Austrian National Library, I boarded a train in the city’s Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) for a short trip.

A bridge leads to one man’s journey from war to a hopeful tomorrow.

How Soviet occupation policy in Austria took shape warrants more attention.

News of the crushing Soviet victory at Stalingrad in February 1943 over the Third Reich and its satellite states struck the rest of Europe, indeed the globe, like a thunderbolt.

Be careful about superlatives when you’re discussing military history, until you’re talking about Operation Barbarossa.