Wars are often remembered for soldiers, weapons, and battles, but history also carries the paw prints, hoofbeats, and quiet ...

As trench warfare paralysed the Western Front, an experimental vehicle pointed the way toward a different type of warfare – and a century of armoured combat ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

Why First Lieutenant Garlin Murl Conner called artillery fire on his own position during WW2 — and stopped 600 Germans[...] ...

The thunderous roar of falling shells and vibrations rise through the floor. Each time, sand and dirt trickle down from the ...

The premiere of Kevin Puts' newly revised work pulsates with power from such singers as Sylvia D'Eramo and Miles Mykkanen as ...

A detailed look at the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916, one of the deadliest military operations of World War I.

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the world forgot.

For marrying innocence and joy with tragedy, few historic events come close to the events of Christmas Day in 1914. Five months after the start of the Great War, British and German troops were ...

In December 1914, British and German soldiers fighting World War I unofficially stopped combat to celebrate Christmas. Known as the Christmas Truce, the moment saw enemies sing carols, exchange gifts, ...

Soldiers playing football in No-Man's Land a year after the Christmas Truce in 1914 (Photo Credit: Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images) On Christmas morning in 1914, something happened that no ...