We are all familiar with the Nazi practices of sending Jews to concentration camps, carrying out mass executions and instilling fear into German citizens through their paramilitary organisations like ...

The Second World War saw the majority of Europe succumb to Nazi occupation. The brutal repression that followed triggered ...

This follow-on course from Greek for Beginners I will further improve your language and listening skills and introduce more complex grammar. It is not appropriate for absolute beginners and students ...

Alan Pollock is a Playwright and author of ‘The Bear Who Went To War: The true story of Wotjek the bear cub adopted by Polish soldiers in World War Two’. He joins Seán to discuss.

The family of Calvin Moagi, one of nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in clashes with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the weekend ...

It was only the shuttle diplomacy between Greece and Turkey by the U.S., as NATO’s largest military power, that halted the escalations and returned the situation to an enduring and frosty stalemate.

Auschwitz-Birkenau, liberated on January 27, 1945, was the largest extermination camp during the Nazi era. At least 1.1 million people were murdered there by the Nazis, more than in any other site ...

Hotel pools on Greek islands could be filled with seawater this summer as politicians try to combat the country's two-year drought. Proposed new laws debated in the Greek parliament this week ...

one of the highest military honors. Their story captivated the nation, earning them the nickname the Immortal Chaplains. "During World War II, 900 people were on the SS Dorchester when it sank.

A headless marble statue, believed to be over 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near Thessaloniki, Greece. Dating to the Hellenistic era (320–30 BC), it was discovered by a ...

An ancient marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found dumped near a cluster of garbage bins in Greece, kicking off a police investigation into potential illegal ...

A Ukrainian soldier says his unit captured a North Korean soldier in Russia's western region of Kursk and the prisoner apparently tried to kill himself. The Ukrainian, who referred to himself by ...