In 1939, it was obvious that Nazi Germany was on the war path. Austria had been annexed just a year earlier, and so was the Sudetenland that belonged to Czechoslovakia. The British and French, who ...

World on Fire starts in 1939 as Europe is on the brink of war. The new large-scale BBC series focuses on different stories across the continent, from the lives of those living in Manchester to the ...

When German author Gunter Grass was born in a suburb of this historic city on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea 80 years ago it was known to most of the world as Danzig. The port now goes under the ...

Polish author Stefan Chwin tells a gathering in Dublin about how growing up in post-war Gdansk influenced his decision to 'fill… Polish author Stefan Chwin tells a gathering in Dublin about how ...

GDANSK, Poland — On Sept. 1, 1939, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarded a Polish garrison off Danzig, a free city, setting off World War II.From the ruins that remained six years later, ...