The c-word – conscription – once a dirty word in Britain, is back in debate after Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, warned that Europe must brace for a war on a scale ‘our grandparents and ...
The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...
World War II was fought on land, sea, and air, but it was the small arms carried by millions of soldiers that shaped the ...
World War II ended generations ago, yet many of its weapons are still firing in today’s conflicts. Heavy machine guns, ...
A U.S. Army soldier who earned the prestigious Medal of Honor during World War II has been accounted for more than eight ...
In 1944, Soviet armor surged toward Romania, expecting to crush German lines. Instead, Hasso von Manteuffel struck back with ...
World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...
Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died in February, their passing initially shrouded in mystery.
Often overlooked, the French "Charleville" infantry musket was one of the most significant longarms of the 18th and 19th ...
On a damp still morning in September 1944, more than three months after D-Day and the “Impossible Mission” at Point du Hoc, ...