FROM being ravaged by bloody World War I to being carved up by Hitler and Stalin during World War II, Poland endured the scars of history. The country has suffered some of the worst bloodshed ...

British planners in 1943 proposed that Greece would take control of southern Italy as part of a rejected plan to dismember it ...

When Adolf Hitler shot himself in his Berlin bunker in 1945, he was directly responsible for the deaths of more than ten ...

Russians marking an annual day of remembrance for victims of Joseph Stalin's repression warned Thursday that history could ...

In 1938, Stalin has his military leadership purged, and has thousands of his comrades killed or locked up. The reasons as to why he did it are still open for debate.

China and Russia are commemorating the 80th anniversary of “their” victory in World War II. In so doing, the two autocracies display a historical revisionism that would inspire their dictatorial ...

Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas 135-years ago. His family later relocated to Kansas. His ...

On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million ...

Arthur Watt was a decorated veteran of World War II who lived in Elk Rapids and died in 2007. He worked as a plant manager in ...

Back in 2020, Sir Sam Mendes released his World War 1 epic 1917. The Oscar-winning movie, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, ...