The invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the beginning of World War II. A swift and devastating attack that set the world on a path to global conflict. Ex-CIA director talks Signal chat breach ...

The spectre of World War Three shows we are failing to learn from the past. One organisation battling to improve our ...

September 1st, 1939. German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marks the start of World War II by firing on the garrison stationed at the Westerplatte peninsula in Poland.

When Hitler broke the agreement made at the Munich Conference, it became clear appeasement had failed, and war broke out following the invasion of Poland in September 1939. To destroy the Treaty ...

‘Rope-soled slippers, size 38’ - these are some of the last words written in the poet’s hand. It is 18th April 1944 in the prison on Czarnieckiego Street in Kraków. In a request, she further asks for ...

This led to the Battle of Britain in the summer of ... When Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, thousands of members of the Polish Air Force fled to France, realising that Poland was ...