Katja Hoyer’s "Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany" presents a nuanced ... For anyone interested in modern German history, the Cold War or the complexities of life under communism ...

The German army has asked several large firms about whether they could provide logistics support if the country needs to ...

East German Dieter Frey, as he mutates from Smiley’s wartime ally to his peacetime enemy, becomes an embodiment of pure evil, meaning that communism, here, as in Western Cold War ideology, is defined ...

Despite the dangers, Ruben Mawick feels obliged to help in Ukraine. From evacuations to life-threatening missions: his ...

The British frequently hit civilian areas to break the German will to fight, and as the war dragged on the Americans ... and that their flak jackets and steel helmets would protect them from ...

German forces sweep across the country and by ... On 29 August 1949 the Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb. The Cold War begins in earnest. In Stalin’s last years he becomes increasingly ...

With a fundamentally different playing field today, the United States and its Western partners should adapt, if not adopt, the strategies of the Cold War.

Tim Mohr, the journalist and translator who chronicled the political importance of the 1980s East German punk scene and co-wrote memoirs with Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan and Kiss leader Paul ...

If the current trajectory continues unchecked, the prospect of a long-term strategic rivalry – akin to a new Cold War – may no longer be speculative. The intensifying tariff confrontation ...

The document envisions the complete transformation of daily life for German citizens in the event ... “The Finns, for the entire Cold War period, took defense seriously,” Major added.