It started as a normal weekend at the lake — no to-do list, no worries, no problems. It ended with a freak accident where a boat propeller damaged three of my four limbs, including my left leg, which ...

Explore the gripping tale of how a single bullet set the stage for World War 1. Dive into history as we unravel the events ...

World War I is largely remembered for mud, trenches, and barbed wire, but it also marked a significant turning point in the history of timepieces. Prior to the United States’ entry into the war, many ...

An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be ...

Less than a year after the Russian Empire entered World War I, a band of Georgian men came down from the Caucasus Mountains. Dressed in chain armor and wielding shields and broadswords, they rode to ...

World War I was the war that made the 20th century. It introduced humanity to the horrific potential for mass slaughter in the industrial age. It broke an international system that had prevailed for ...

Caroline Finley, center, with Château Ognon (upper left) and colleagues in an album belonging to her great-nephew. courtesy Peter McElroy Jr. In late March 1918, the German Army began pursuing the ...

After more than 100 years, we have the first actual image of the wreck of a sunken U.S. Navy submarine from World War I. A recent expedition to survey it and other lost military hardware has captured ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most conversations.

It was a stroll through one of Derry’s oldest and most sacred grounds as history unfolded during a tour at Forest Hill Cemetery. The tour, titled “Warriors, Widows and Orphans,” was led by Derry ...

President Harry S. Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense. (National Archives) During a White ...