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Every Day of World War I

Using Google Earth, we track World War I day by day, mapping shifting fronts, major offensives, and pivotal battles. This ...
In this video, we examine the final major offensive in Europe during World War II: the Battle of Berlin. From the Red Army’s ...
Demonstrators gathered at dozens of places including outside politicians’ homes, military headquarters and on major highways.
“The world’s triumvirate” of America, Britain and the Soviet Union met in Yalta to weigh the “ last stages of the war and the ...
The Second World War ended eight decades ago this summer. But its specter looms large today. The war ended empires, upended ...
We have no idea how many second-world-war veterans returned with PTSD. The only statistics we have were gathered 40 years ...
Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.
Dougie Shelley, who has no known surviving family, joined the Royal Navy at 17 and will turn 100 on 23 September.
Get your first look at Gallipoli, the next game in the long-running realistic multiplayer WW1 game series that includes Verdun, Tannenberg, and Isonzo. WW1: Gallipoli takes place in the Middle Eastern ...
Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands ...
World War II veterans, some age 100 or older, gathered Friday at a Lehigh Valley ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of ...
World War I broke out in 1914 at an age when new offensive technology — machine guns, airplanes, poison gas, mass-produced artillery shrapnel shells, submarines — had vastly outpaced the arts ...