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Poland's president says he will sign a bill outlawing suggestions the Polish nation or state was complicit in Nazi crimes.

Set up in 1940, Auschwitz became the centrepiece of Nazi Party dictator Adolf Hitler's "final solution" plan to exterminate the Jews.

A powerful new exhibition at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem explores the power of photography during World War II.

China is marking the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre in which it says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people.

Far-right supporters giving fascist salutes have held rallies to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Spain's former dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who died on 20 November 1975.

Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip mark their platinum wedding anniversary on Monday 20 November 2017.

A new book – I See a City: Todd Webb's New York – presents American photographer Todd Webb's exploration of New York in the years following World War II.

The Kremlin is not organising any events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution.

More than 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed and 200,000 Hungarian refugees fled the country. Though the uprising was crushed, its impact was lasting.

Her life was lived in the spotlight, soundtracked by the click and whirr of a million cameras.

Every 15 August, Japan upsets its neighbours by holding a memorial service at a shrine honouring its dead, including war criminals.

The Third Reich in 100 objects, from the swastika and Nazi salute to a Hitler action figure and the Fuehrer's personal moustache brush.

As we reach the 70th anniversary of partition, relations between the two nations are as broken as ever.

Partition triggered devastating sectarian violence, rape, abductions, and looting, resulting in the deaths of up to two million people.

His role as Queen's consort obliged him to spend his public life literally one step behind his wife, but he was impossible to ignore.

A new book tells the story of Passchendaele through the words and photographs of soldiers in the trenches.

The Battle of Passchendaele, one of the longest, bloodiest and most controversial battles of World War One, began 100 years ago.

A new documentary is being released to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Operation Dynamo saw some 338,000 British, French and Belgian soldiers rescued between 27 May 27 and 3 June 1940.

The new medium of photojournalism brought horrifying images of the conflict into homes around the world.

The brains were preserved by heavy rains seeping into bullet holes in their skulls, turning them into a soap-like substance.

Pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge created early time lapse photos of humans and animals walking, running and jumping.

IBTimes UK takes a look back at the territory's tumultuous times since 1997, including outbreaks of deadly diseases and pro-democracy protests.

Prora was designed to accommodate 20,000 holidaymakers in huge buildings which extend almost five kilometres along Ruegen Island's Baltic Sea coast.

World War Two veterans return to the battlegrounds of Normandy, the location of the D-Day landings.

In six days of war, seized control of Sinai and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria.

On 6 June 1944, British, US and Canadian soldiers descended on Normandy, turning the tide of the Second World War against the Nazis.

Mancunians say their city, although united, is still coming to terms with its grief after a suicide bomber struck the Ariana Grande concert.

Taiwan is the first government to legalise such unions in Asia, where socially conservative attitudes largely hold sway.

Jerusalem then and now. Move your mouse/finger over each image to switch between 1967 and 50th anniversary of Six Day War.