The Chemin des Dames is a ridge road in northern France that was the site of several major battles during World War I, most ...

On this day in aviation history, February 18, 1944, the Royal Air Force launched a daring mission to liberate imprisoned French resistance fighters through a low-level precision bombing mission that ...

About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who ...

Nine ships sunk by German torpedoes during World War I have been found off the coast of Morocco, experts announced.

Netflix's Rebellion explores the impact of World War I on Ireland in a not-quite-historically-accurate but compelling story ...

In August 2024, a group of “Great War” enthusiasts made an unexpected discovery: a German tunnel, containing certain remains of the First World War, buried at a depth of 30 meters.

On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...

The first confrontation in the Royal Gorge Railroad War occurred not in the Royal Gorge, but near the top of Raton Pass in ...

COMMENTARY: The Feb. 13-15, 1945, firebombing of the eastern German city symbolizes the brutality of World War II.

Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.

Condensing the First World War – a war which saw the slaughter of 9 million soldiers and 13 million civilians– into any art form is no easy task ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...