IS THIS THE START OF WORLD WAR III? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT

World War II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, leading to Britain and France to declare war on Germany days later... READ MORE›

SAINSBURYS CHRISTMAS AD IS A DANGEROUS AND DISRESPECTFUL MASTERPIECE

Perhaps the greatest truism, even cliche about the first world war is that nobody ever really understood why it happened, what it was all about... READ MORE›

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR

In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›

BATTLEFIELD LANDSCAPES FROM FIRST WORLD WAR 100 YEARS ON

Above, the landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park, in Beaumont Hamel, with trenches, shell crater and wire pickets... READ MORE›

TOWER POPPY DISPLAY TO GO ON TOUR

The Royal British Legion has said it hopes the sale of the poppies, after the installation has been dismantled, will raise in excess of 15m... READ MORE›

GERMAN CONSERVATIVES ARE DESTROYING EUROPE WITH AUSTERITY, SAYS ECONOMIST THOMAS PIKETTY

German conservatives are destroying europe with austerity says economist thomas piketty... READ MORE›

POLAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER PROPOSES FORMING ARMY OUT OF THE SYRIAN MEN ARRIVING IN EUROPE

"If there are hundreds of thousands of young Syrians coming to Europe then we can create an army," said Mr Waszczykowski ..... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA BEEFING UP NUCLEAR ARSENAL, NATO DENOUNCES 'SABER-RATTLING'

Putin made his comments a day after Russian officials denounced a U.S... READ MORE›

AUSTRIA NOW SAYS OVER 70 BODIES THOUGHT TO BE MIGRANTS WERE IN TRUCK

The Austrian daily newspaper Kronen Zeitung said that 71 bodies were recovered from the truck... READ MORE›

EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM

Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›

DIGITAL MOSAIC OF FALLEN WW1 PRIVATE

Artist, Helen Marshall, 43, said she looked through hundreds of World War One images before choosing Pte Beaney... READ MORE›

CLOSE MILITARY ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST AT COLD WAR LEVELS

Black Sea encounter On 7 September, the Canadian frigate Toronto was buzzed by a Russian aircraft in the Black Sea with the plane coming within 300 metres... READ MORE›

70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA

Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT MOCKS PUTIN IN FRONT OF UNITED NATIONS

On Monday the Ukrainian delegation pointedly left the hall when Russian President Vladimir Putin started speaking... READ MORE›

FOREST OUTSIDE NAZI DEATH CAMP YIELDS DISTURBING FIND

During World War II, the Nazis were known to adjust Stutthof's size depending on their needs... READ MORE›

RUSSIA FUELLING UKRAINE WAR, SAYS US

Meanwhile, Ukraine's defence minister has said that government forces are redeploying in preparation for a possible new offensive by pro-Russian separatist rebels... READ MORE›

GRAPH OF WORLD WARS BY NUMBER DEAD AND DURATION OF CONFLICT SHOWS HOW WAR IS VERY MUCH NOT BEHIND US

It might be 100 years since the Great War, but the world remains a very turbulent place... READ MORE›

'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER

They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›

BRITAIN TO REPAY A?2BN FIRST WORLD WAR DEBT

The Government can currently borrow money at record low interest rates, so it makes financial sense to replace old debt borrowed at higher interest rates... READ MORE›

REFUGE AND RESPONSIBILITY: THE AGE-OLD LESSONS THAT EUROPE FORGETS

Palestinian refugees, in their hundreds of thousands, are our responsibility... READ MORE›

WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR

Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›

RUSSIA FLEXES MUSCLE WITH BOMBER FLIGHTS NEAR U.S.

We have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine, Breedlove said... READ MORE›

ANGELA MERKEL WARNS RUSSIA COULD SEEK TO DESTABILISE 'WHOLE OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEFUL ORDER'

Russia could seek to destabilise vast areas of eastern Europe if it is not challenged in Ukraine, Angela Merkel has warned... READ MORE›

NATO CONSIDERS SENDING 4,000 TROOPS TO RUSSIAN BORDERS

And it would be designed to communicate to the Russians that Nato is serious it will defend Nato territory... READ MORE›

HITLER SECRETLY MADE THE WEAPONS OF THE FUTURE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

First flown in 1944, the Horten Ho 229 was the world's premiere stealth aircraft, equipped with twin turbojet engines, two cannons, and R4M rockets... READ MORE›

11am Two hours before Germany's deadline to France expired, Baron von Schoen, the Kaiser's ambassador in Paris, presented himself to Viviani to receive France's reply... READ MORE›

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IS STILL WITH US. THATS WHY WE REMEMBER

What is so striking about the first world war is that it has long stirred a symmetrical hostility in the collective folklore of the right... READ MORE›

3 MAPS THAT SHOW HOW RUSSIA AND NATO MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY ESCALATE INTO WAR

Already, there have been near-misses with Russian military aircraft getting dangerously close to civilian jetliners above the Baltic Sea... READ MORE›

V-J DAY: RARE COLOUR ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE CELEBRATING END OF WORLD WAR II

Video V-J Day rare colour archive footage shows people celebrating end of World War II... READ MORE›

BRITISH GENERAL'S LETTER REVEALS DETAILS OF 1914 CHRISTMAS DAY TRUCE

But Sir Walter, who led the Rifles Brigade and drafted the letter after visiting trenches near Neuve Chapelle, declined to join in... READ MORE›