The invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the beginning of World War II. A swift and devastating attack that set the world on a path to global conflict.

A pair of metal detectorists bundled up and headed into a snowy forest in Poland. They hoped to find some artifacts from World War II — yet stumbled upon a much older and rarer weapon.

Though long threatened, Poland was in no way prepared to face Hitler’s war machine when it finally attacked. Replete with tanks and planes, his would be a new kind of warfare. So, on the 10th of ...

A new exhibition opening in Warsaw on Thursday pays tribute to Halina Konopacka, Poland's first Olympic champion, on the ...

Britain and France signed a treaty with Poland guaranteeing its independence 3 1939 In August, Hitler signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact with the leader of the USSR, Joseph Stalin.