While doing road repairs in Wrocław, Poland, workers recently came across more than 50 military helmets from World War I and World War II. Found mere steps away from the University of Wrocław ...

When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 and World War II erupted, the vastly outmatched Polish military mounted a ...

On Sept. 19, 1940, the Nazi Gestapo rounded up 2,000 Poles from the streets of Warsaw. A Polish resistance fighter, Witold Pilecki, was among them, posing as a resistance leader named Tomasz ...

The cemetery in Surkonty is the final resting place of a few dozen soldiers from Poland’s Home Army, a resistance force that also fought the occupying German forces throughout World War II.

Members of the Polish military and the Hohenfels chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars held two ceremonies honoring Polish prisoners of war Feb. 5, 2025. Two ceremonies take place to honor WWII ...

“Archival research revealed that the site likely contains unknown and unmarked graves of (prisoners of war) from various nationalities, including Polish and Italian soldiers, as well as of civilians ...

After World War II, Wojtek was relocated to the Edinburgh Zoo, where he lived for 16 years before dying in 1963. Although his story seems improbable, it's yet another example of one of the most ...

Warsaw, Poland — A large, unexploded bomb from World War II discovered in the Polish city of Wroclaw forced the evacuation of 2,500 residents on Friday.The 550-pound bomb was found near a ...

Lester Schrenk, who served as an Army B-17 ball turret gunner during World War II, stands in the forest outside Tychowo, Poland, on March 22, 2025, where he was detained as a prisoner of war 80 ...

A Polish town that was once occupied by the Soviets used to embrace its history with military re-enactments and Lenin banners. But “nobody wants to be reminded of Russia these days.” ...