Key point: Much of our WWII history makes assumptions or simplifies what happened. For instance, horses were still widely used in addition to mechanized units. The Second World War remains an ...

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

Except “none of that is true,” writes Jonathan Wiesen, Ph.D., professor and past chair of UAB’s Department of History in “Nazi Germany: Society, Culture and Politics,” a new book from Bloomsbury Press ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: While “Blitzkrieg” is a useful shorthand for the revolution in mechanized warfare, it should not be misinterpreted as suggesting the Blitzkrieg arose from a doctrinal ...

Germany devotes enormous resources to educating school children about the Holocaust, antisemitism, and discrimination. Despite that, antisemitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric has increased. Today is ...

The Big Ideas: What Is History? After moments of great upheaval, scars can last for generations. By Jenny Erpenbeck Jenny Erpenbeck is a writer. This personal reflection is part of a series called The ...