a real army with tanks, artillery and airplanes. After a few days, it became clear that the Uprising would be put down. The Soviet army had already reached the banks of the River Wisła, but Stalin ...

The last surviving fighter of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943 has died at the age of 94. Simcha Rotem, also known as Kazik, was one of the Jewish partisans who rose up against the Nazis when ...

New York to mark the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. The first part of the mural, which is 4.2m high and 5m wide, shows 3 insurgents seated on a tank along with the Warsaw Mermaid armed with ...

28 Oct 1956 Soviet tanks are withdrawn from Budapest. Protesters continue to demand more freedom. They make it clear that they want to get rid of the Communist Party and leave the Warsaw Pact.

28 Oct 1956 Soviet tanks are withdrawn from Budapest. Protesters still want to get rid of the Communist Party and leave the Warsaw Pact. 1 Nov 1956 Nagy announces that Hungary will hold democratic ...

On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany's attack on Poland triggered World War II, prompting France and the United Kingdom to honor ...

Germany's president has drawn parallels between the brutal Nazi crackdown of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and Russian President Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Mr Putin ...

The 36-foot-tall memorial was completed in 1948 and was erected in the memory of the Jewish fighters who resisted the Germans during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. Israeli ambassador to ...