As the Nazi blitzkrieg, or lightning war, raced across Europe, German forces committed unnumbered atrocities against the men, ...

The war in Europe began in September 1939 when Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. Using Blitzkrieg tactics the ...

as the German military concentrated on their invasion and campaign in Poland. This period is often called the ‘Phoney War’. The German tactic of Blitzkrieg, using air power, armoured tanks and ...

COMMENTARY: Should NATO have acted to avoid an ‘unnecessary war’ in Ukraine? Peter Black [email protected] Eighty-five years ago Nazi Germany invaded Poland. This first taste of blitzkrieg ...