The domains of the Habsburgs formed a politcal and cultural patchwork that would come under increasing strain.

In November 1847, the Pozsony Diet was opened by the emperor of the Austrian empire: Ferdinand. At that time, no one could have imagined this would be the last feudal Diet in Hungarian history. That ...

The lost villages of the West Country are out there just waiting to be found - and this Christmas period could be an ideal ...

A journey into Hitler’s hidden forest headquarters in Poland, where key World War II campaigns were directed and the legacy of Nazi power and violence lingers.

Elisabeth Vincken had listened to artillery fire for eight straight days before someone knocked on her cottage door on Christmas Eve in 1944. She opened it to find three lost American soldiers, one ...

On December 26, 1776, the full might of General George Washington’s Continental Army was revealed along the frozen riverbanks of ...