Though long threatened, Poland was in no way prepared to face Hitler’s war machine when it finally attacked. Replete with tanks and planes, his would be a new kind of warfare. So, on the 10th of ...

World War Two began with Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939. Adolf Hitler used a propaganda lie as a pretext to strike. It was a historical turning point that still has relevance for today.

The joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 was important for several reasons. It signified both the beginning of World War II and cozier times in Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler’s ...

The artist died in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland the following year. More than 77,000 Czech and Moravian Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime during the occupation. Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler at ...

Poland's previous right-wing government demanded $1.3 trillion in damages from Germany. Tusk's current Cabinet has toned the demand down to some form of compensation that could serve to strengthen ...

The 19-year-old spent the 18-day German invasion of Poland in a spotter plane, guiding tanks and infantry to their targets far below. From thousands of feet in the air, the first days of the war ...

as it meant the USSR would not oppose a German invasion of Poland, which Britain and France had promised to defend 1, 3 Events In September, Hitler demanded that the German speaking part of ...

Poland's leaders on Sunday stressed the need for a strong defense in the face of war in neighboring Ukraine as they led ...