In World War II, Seydlitz was a skilled field commander, rising through division and corps command, distinguishing himself at Demyansk and Stalingrad.

Charles de Gaulle’s June 1940 addresses called on the French nation to continue the fight against Nazi Germany.

If you are like most Americans, you have in your home the key technology that helped the Allies win WWII. Of course, it serves a very different function in your home than it did back then.

After World War II 1.2 million Eastern European displaced persons refused to return home, creating a large-scale refugee crisis.

The Marshall Plan was a massive commitment to European recovery after World War II that was largely supported by Americans.

Käthe Leichter (1895-1942) was a champion for working-class women in the Austrian labor movement.

In March 1942, a special exhibit opened in New York City of 14 pieces of art each contributed by 14 artists who had escaped Nazi-occupied Europe.

Soldiers of the US Army’s 34th Infantry Division, the “Red Bull” Division, landed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on January 26, 1942.

Must-reads of 2021 picked by historians and scholars in the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. 

The signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan in 1936 was one of the truly momentous and horrifying conjunctures of the twentieth century.

Pilot Officer Billy Fiske was the first US citizen to travel to the United Kingdom at the onset of World War II to join the Royal Air Force, and was one of seven American pilots to take part in the Battle of Britain.

The final installment of the story of the Hesse Heist covers the trials of Nash, Durant, and Watson.