Historians say that Sarah Emma Edmonds exaggerated many aspects of her wartime experiences. Still, she bravely served in the Union Army, becoming one of hundreds of women who fought in the conflict in ...

In the 1940s, cigarette consumption was at an all-time high. Its popularity was largely fueled by aggressive marketing ...

While global concern has understandably focused on the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States itself has ...

But often it is attrition that is decisive in modern warfare. As Stalin observed in the wake of the Second World War, “Hitler ...

Artist Mitchel Coffman has been creating "war-themed art" for nearly a decade. But the personal stories behind the pieces are ...

Brazil has the largest standing army in South America with 360,000 active personnel and 340,000 in reserve forces The country ...

This story is part of RVA100, our series that highlights the people, places and objects that define the Richmond region.

A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the warriors who clashed on Europe’s oldest known battlefield 3,250 years ago. The bronze and flint ...

For decades, the small Mediterranean country has been a parallel stage in the struggle for control of historic Palestine ...

The launch was timed as part of the Alamo’s observance of Hispanic Heritage Month and its annual Tejanos at the Alamo Day.

Hood County, Texas, has been shaken by a civil war between traditional Republicans and a far-right faction of the party ...

Now, the place is known as Bannerman Island, after its former owner, Frank Bannerman, who erected a sign on the island with ...