The Pentagon's auditorium brimmed with emotion today as military leaders, veterans and families gathered to honor retired ...

Driven by unprecedented times, scientists and engineers forged technological breakthroughs amidst the flames of war.

In May 1945, nearly 5 years after his capture, Corporal Jack Soden arrived back to his home in High Wycombe. At that time his family were living at 224 Desborough Road. With him he had his “War-time ...

From colonial America to the recent war in Iraq, Army stories have captured movie audiences for nearly a century; influencing ...

The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, belonging to Norway, is famous for being home to the Global Seed Vault and for having ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

A udiences can't get enough of the war genre these days. Some other genres are perhaps more profitable and praised, but this ...

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The debate about slavery in the western territories of the United States continued for years, and came to a head in 1861 when the country was propelled into Civil War. Lincoln publicly expressed ...

Joan Mabel Harrison served in the British Army’s women’s branch during World War II and stands out in ... Born in Portsmouth, Joan spent her early years in the city and attended Copnor Road ...

The British chief prosecutor of the International ... Karim Khan KC, the controversial barrister bringing a war crimes case against Israel, is said to have spent more than five months pressuring ...

Arriving there in early July, the battalion spent the next four months training ... The battalion had to wait until the emphasis of British and Dominion operations switched to the Ypres Sector of ...