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 ...

Thus, hungry for war and keenly conscious of Germany’s fast imploding economic situation, his mind had turned by the beginning of 1939 to his next unfortunate target: Poland. And it was not only ...

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