ON June 22 1941 Nazi Germany began its invasion of the Soviet Union. This history of its first weeks is based on a decade’s research, into official documents, personal diaries and letters, court ...

Adolf Hitler's army launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest invasion in history, sweeping into Russia with devastating speed. The Red Army, poorly organized and underprepared was caught off-guard ...

The budget debate in the Bundestag was a repulsive spectacle, demonstrating the ruthlessness with which the Social Democrats and Christian Democrats are implementing a reckless programme of rearmament ...

On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler held his first Cabinet meeting in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Friends and sycophants ...

The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, appealed not to drive a wedge between Dagestanis and Azerbaijanis. There are many ...

The human rights situation in many countries of victorious liberalism is only worsening Belarus’ and Russia’s Ministries of ...

Montenegro marks its Statehood Day today in memory of July 13, 1878, when it received international recognition as an ...

Visit a full-scale replica of the world-famous Amber Room, which was looted by Nazi forces, and is now reconstructed in a ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 7, 2025 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is very pleased to present the Gladyne K. Mitchell Estate on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 10:30 am PDT. Featuring items mostly from ...

1307: Edward I dies aged 68. He is succeeded by his son Edward II. 1456: A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 ...

Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an official military reception at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.