The 75th anniversary of the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, in which Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union pledged non-aggression toward each other and shortly thereafter divided Poland, passed with ...

President Vladimir Putin is writing an article to justify the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, which paved the way to the Second World War. Leaders generally do not attempt to excuse their countries’ ...

In the Lithuania that existed before the Second World War, a young veterinarian named Ksaveras Masanauskas was a lieutenant-colonel in the independent nation’s army. Then Adolf Hitler and ­Joseph ...

Before the guns fired, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union struck a shocking secret deal to divide Poland and rewrite the map of Europe. Behind closed doors in 1939, diplomacy masked a ruthless plan of ...

To the editor: Aug. 23 is observed in many European countries as a day of remembrance for one of the most cynical political actions in Western history, and is recognized by many, including our ...