On This Day: U.S. begins daytime bombing of Berlin in WWII
On March 6, 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin.
‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...
A Brief History of the Soviet Deserters Who Aided Hitler
Hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.
Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...