What if the United States had turned against Britain and France in 1917 and joined the Central Powers instead? This video ...

Many believe the Roman Empire fell centuries before modern times, but its final echoes lasted until World War I. This video traces how the Ottoman Empire, often called the last remnant of Rome’s ...

The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing in Sudan’s vast western ...

Mark Rutte set out a scenario in which China's President Xi Jinping could try to seize Taiwan while urging Russia's Vladimir Putin to launch a parallel attack on Nato countries, "potentially sparking ...

To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce.

On a state visit, France's president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion. It will return to the U.K. for the first time in more than 900 years.

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Private Richard Gordon Wright, a U.S. Marine killed in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II, has been identified after 80 ...

The NATO secretary-general said that China could spark World War III by seeking to take control of Taiwan while making sure ...

The crude assortment of fighting tools used by the Japanese during World War II give clues of an unprepared and unmatched ...

At 101 years old, World War II veteran Walter Ram still shows up every Monday at the 390th Memorial Museum in Tucson — not to ...

World War II was a time of unimaginable hardship, courage, and transformation. Seemingly overnight, ordinary folks were ...