Italy entered World War II with big ambitions but quickly ran into serious problems on every front. In this video, we explore why Italy’s military campaigns so often failed - from poor planning and ...

Set 100 miles southeast of Berlin in Poland, the 900 guards of Stalag Luft III oversaw 10,000 or so prisoners, all Allied ...

A Nazi captain gave artwork, which depicts an intimate Roman romance, to a civilian. When he died, his heirs decided to ...

Armed with Gloster Gladiators—an aircraft already considered obsolete—RAF pilots over Malta repelled Axis air raids for days.

A mosaic panel on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of ...

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ...

An erotic mosaic stolen from Pompeii by a Nazi captain during World War II was finally returned to the ancient site on ...

An erotic mosaic looted by a German officer during World War II has gone on view at Pompeii, where it likely originated.

Released in 2024, the dramatic film has been recognized at international film festivals, and won 14 major awards.

80 years later, researchers in Łambinowice, Poland, identify World War II Italian POWs buried in unmarked graves using archival records and excavation.