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.

With the world marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by Soviet troops on 27 January here is its history, ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leaders stressed ... foreign minister Władysław Bartoszewski who survived the German invasion. She also wrote that it was their responsibility, “while bearing ...

The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, and an awareness that they will soon ...

The Army’s 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, the only U.S. Patriot missile battalion based in Europe, transferred its Patriot missile defense mission in Poland to German forces.

The impact of the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 brought an end to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy. Chamberlain offered to help Poland if it was attacked by Germany ...

The two leaders secretly plan to divide Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between them. September: Employing blitzkrieg (literally, "lightning war") tactics, Germany invades Poland.