History recalls a tragic tale of conflicts over the centuries. World War I, for example, saw 10 million military deaths and ...

Turi King and Alex J Kay have married genetics with history to study a sample of DNA from Adolf Hitler – and, as they reveal, their research has thrown up some extraordinary insights into the Nazi dic ...

In 1945, as Europe celebrated peace, Winston Churchill quietly asked his generals to plan an attack on the Soviet Union. But how close was Britain to an immediate and consecutive war?

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

The rule of the Third Reich was coming to its spectacular and violent finale. A demented, wild-eyed Hitler hid in his bunker under the Reich Chancellery as the Red Army surrounded Berlin and ...

The UK is being left behind as Germany and other allies in Europe ramp up military service to tackle greatest threat to its ...

The NFL’s first regular-season game in Berlin will be played in Europe's most contentious sporting venue. It has a complex ...

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Subatomic physics has shaped both the conduct of war and the treatment of cancer. Joseph Rotblat, who left the Manhattan ...

The Trumans moved out of Blair House and returned to live in the White House on March 27, 1952. For the better part of four years, the White House had been undergoing renovations before President ...

For nearly 70 years, a swatch taken by a US officer from Hitler's Berlin bunker in 1945 remained hidden. Its purchase by a ...