In World War II, the British didn’t hesitate long before sinking the French Navy to prevent it from falling into German hands.
Category: European history
The story of the Belgian Congo after independence is marked by many problems typical for Africa.
The Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Lihou and Sark went through five years of German rule during World War II.
60 years ago, a hardly-known leftist terrorist group killed a girl in Spain and went on to hijack a Portuguese cruiser.
After just three days of actual war, Italy and France signed an armistice in June 1940.
In March 2000, Pope John Paul II issued a historic apology for the Inquisition in the name of the Catholic Church.
During Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway, both countries fared very differently.
I haven’t been able to return to Hungary since 1987, but I keep in mind some occurrences that just won’t happen again.
The Treaty of Trianon, which Budapest was forced to sign 100 years ago, marked the end of historical Hungary.
At the end of World War II, tens of thousands of Cossack troops and their families were forcibly transferred to the Soviets.