Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 1, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, an ...

What on earth were the German people thinking during World War II? How could they support such a dreadful war of aggression? How could they tolerate — or actively support — the extermination of Jews ...

In September 1939, Germany stunned the world with Blitzkrieg — a lightning war of tanks, air strikes, and rapid encirclements that overwhelmed Poland in days. Yet behind the image of unstoppable steel ...

Said the German president, 'Eighty years ago, at this very moment, all hell rained down on Wielun,' the first city to be bombed by the Luftwaffe Author of the article: You can save this article by ...

In Part 2 of this alternate history series, we ask: could today’s Polish military defend 1939 Poland against the German invasion? With modern weapons, strategy, and mobility, how would the outcome of ...

On 1 September 1939, the British ambassador in Berlin issued an ultimatum to the German government urging it to cease all aggressive activities in Poland and withdraw. Two days later, at 10.00am, this ...

The German government has returned a painting stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War. ‘Palace Stairs,’ an 18th Century picture by Venetian artist Francesco Guardi, was taken from Poland’s ...

I went on holiday to Germany, in July 1939. Staying at Berchtesgarden. My bedroom window in the hotel overlooked Hitler's house, the Berghof. One day at breakfast, I was approached by three SS ...