On the anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of Poland that small, sturdy, bullet-headed figure, in striped prison garb, was marched between long rows of wooden barracks to the treeless, grassless ...

Nazi Germany’s unexpected assault on Poland on Sept. 1 1939 marked the beginning of WWII. German battalions launched the unanticipated offensive on Poland as northern forces sprung from ...

The killing of all Jews in Poland was urged by forner Nazi Foreign Minieter von Ribbentrop soon after the German invasion of that country, it was revealed here today at the trial of the top ...

World War II started on September 1, 1939. The Third Reich, unprovoked and without any notice, started its invasion of Poland. One of the first acts of war involved gunfire oriented at a Polish ...

D-Day, the invasion of German-held western Europe by the Allies – primarily the U.S., Great Britain and Canada – happened on June 6, 1944. The plan, code named Operation Overlord, had been in ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's top politician said Thursday that the government will seek the equivalent of some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis' World War II invasion ...

Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 did more than just start World War II. It became a literal testing ground for the most advanced weapons, technology, and tactics of the day.