Discover how the Siege of Vienna in 1529 protected Europe from certain defeat at the hands of the Ottomans.
The fragile peace that followed World War I was brought to a harsh end in Eastern Europe when Poland and the Soviet Union went to war.
Here is the timeline of the twelve days of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
The 1993 Russian Constitutional Crisis was a showdown between President Boris Yeltsin and the Parliament. How did this happen, and what were the lasting consequences?
For Elizabeth I and the Ottoman Empire, mutual enemies made for powerful allies. This bond changed global trade and laid the groundwork for an empire.
A series of Viking raids into northern France during the 9th century AD eventually led to the establishment of the duchy of Normandy.
Soviet Ukraine was a major focal point of the Holocaust in WWII. The Babyn Yar massacre outside Kyiv was among the worst atrocities of the war.
Explore ten scandalous marriages that ended dynasties, birthed global superpowers, shattered nations, and irrevocably changed the course of European history.
