Selected by Jonathan Horn, the author, most recently, of “The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic ...

He made his way through London's foggy nights and through the German Wild West to become a beloved TV star. Actor Eddi Arent ...

In January 1945 the end of the Second World War looked hopeful, but was by no means guaranteed as the Nazis continued to ...

There was very little doubt about what Canada would do in the wake of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939.

As far as I know, this photograph, from 1932 or 1933, is my family's only physical link to our Yiddish-speaking past ...

In early July 1947, a presumably once-flying object of unknown origin crashed and was destroyed, landing roughly at nearby Corona, New Mexico, recovered later and brought to the now-defunct Roswell ...

In February, rebels conquered eastern Congo’s largest city, forcing displaced people sheltering there to return to homes in ...

There is a persistent myth that, because of the immense casualties on the Eastern Front – scales that dwarfed those in Western Europe, somehow the fighting there was a lot harder. This was most ...

The 20th century looms large in this selection of five new historical novels. Momentous events — the sinking of the Titanic, ...

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 ...

Here are the Top 5 Best New Horror Novels to Read This Summer. Whether you have a beach trip planned or you will be staying home, these novels will keep you up late into the night. One of the ...

Arguably, some of the best steamy romance novels are the ones that take their ... For one, it features a WWII combat nurse who time-travels to 1743 Scotland and is torn between two radically ...