In one of the boldest ruses of the war, Germany's Brandenburgers didn't just wear Soviet uniforms—they impersonated the dreaded NKVD. This gave them the power to issue orders, dismantle defenses, and ...

Italian society, comfortably ensconced in the anti-fascist narrative, regarded the victory as its own. After Mussolini’s ...

Many East Germans are more sympathetic toward Moscow than their western compatriots, reflecting decades of Soviet ties and disillusionment since reunification.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, over 170,000 Soviet Jews emigrated to Germany, more than doubling the size of Germany’s Jewish community. BERLIN — It was hard to overlook the ...

Columbia University has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. Rudi Von Briel/Photodisc via Getty Images Trump ramped up the pressure by threatening university research funding and ...

Major European countries are rushing to revive conscription. This phenomenon emerged as nations, which had shifted to volunteer-based recruitment systems amid drastic military downsizing after the ...

The LA Rams and Kansas City Chiefs’ game in Berlin in the shadow of the Cold War remains one of the strangest and most ...