Americans are alarmed by their country's stark political divisions. But they shouldn't despair. After WWII, Italy was even more politically polarised than today. Yet by the mid-1950s, it had succeeded ...

June 6, 1944, was the day that changed the direction of World War II in the Allies’ favor. On that … Continue reading "30+ ...

On 26 August Captain Bryant accepted the German surrender and Togoland was carved up between Britain and France. WW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea? documentWW1: How did an ...

The Battle of Amiens was a last, desperate push to break the German lines. As part of a coordinated ... but as a symbol of surviving WWI. His legacy lived on, immortalized in books, battlefield ...

After doing some research and asking around the family, Evan and his wife Jeni discovered this was issued for combat during WWI, specifically given to soldiers guarding German POWs. Evan spent the ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

They were ferrying supplies to Union of South Africa forces which had invaded German South West Africa (GSWA, now Namibia) as part of the Allied campaign against Germany in World War I.

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler ...

It's one thing to read about years gone by between the pages of a fascinating history book. But nothing brings the past back ...