The Iron Cross, one of the most widely recognized military decorations, originated during the Napoleonic Wars in 1813 when ...

The Iron Cross is one of the most widely recognised military decorations throughout the world. The story behind its origins ...

Deception camouflage was the first form of camouflage used on a military aircraft. The Dunne D.1 glider of 1907 was a ...

Observing the tussle for Greenland, it is hard not to recall Karl Marx’s aphorism that history repeats itself “the first time ...

Europe’s tragedy holds urgent lessons for South Asia on unity, pluralism, and escaping permanent geopolitical crisis.

Otto Busse secretly supported the Jewish resistance in the Bialystok ghetto, defying Nazi rule and offering a lasting lesson ...

On Jan. 25, 2006, the militant Islamic group Hamas, calling for destruction of Israel, scored a stunning victory in the ...

The crusades to the Holy Land were a consuming obsession of Latin Christianity for four centuries and remain among the most famous episodes of the Middle Ages. Yet, in the perspective of history, they ...

On Jan. 25, 2006, the militant Islamic group Hamas, calling for destruction of Israel, scored a stunning victory in the ...

Belleau Wood is where the Marine Corps became the legend we know of today. It's the battle that gave birth to the term "Devil ...

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However, prior to the rise of the United States as a great power, saviour of Europe and later as a superpower, the European ...