Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...

World War Two also affected other minorities. 85 per cent of Germany's Sinti and Roma died in concentration camps. Between 1939 and 1941, over 100,000 Germans with physical and mental disabilities ...

After World War II, both Werner Scheu and Albert Viethen were among a group of former Nazi officials who ran children’s homes in West Germany where torture, abuse and malnourishment were ...

TOMASZ STACHURA/ BALTICTECH/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS A team of Polish divers say they have found almost intact the wreckage of German World War II steamer Karlsruhe, which was bombed by Soviet planes ...

This guide looks at some of the key events of World War Two. Although Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939, there was only a small amount of fighting. The SS Athenia, a British ship ...

Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II begins. May: As Germany marches into Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Winston Churchill replaces a disgraced Neville Chamberlain ...