A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.

Captured by the Germans after being seriously wounded fighting for France during World War I, he was interned in a POW camp for two years, where he learned English from a fellow prisoner.

W he n I was growing up in the wake of the war—no need to say which war—the bomb sites in London and the air-raid shelters in the parks in which we played made it perfectly plain to me that the ...

The National Air and Space Museum has unveiled the Messerschmitt Bf 109, now displayed in the historic colors of Jagdgeschwader 4 (JG 4), the unit to which this aircraft was assigned during World War ...

The U.S. Air Force unit and its deadly missions in World War II are also the subject of a new Apple TV+ documentary.

Belgian writer Caroline De Mulder, in a fascinating and terrifying work, describes the workings of the Lebensborn households in ‘Himmler’s Children’ ...

By the time she was seven years old, Shelly Weiner had lived in a ghetto, lost a majority of her loved ones, been struck by ...

Bernstein knew Mandela long before he was famous, long before the Rivonia Trial. She was impressed by his resolve, authority, and charisma. She wrote about the commanding impact he made during his ...

A war veteran who survived a ship attack has celebrated his 100th birthday. Walter Henry Banham, a resident at Care UK's Queen's Court, in Dedworth Road, Windsor, marked his century milestone with a ...

Here are five reasons for Germany's ongoing economic slump: Moscow's decision to cut off natural gas supplies to Germany in ...

Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their local elections outright. Parties must ...