The Little-Known War Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Songs Criscrossing decades, continents and conflict, we’ve collected some of the most intriguing stories behind a variety of...
Japan Holds Sado Mines Memorial Despite South Korean Boycott Amid Lingering Historical Tensions The Korean absence is a major setback in the rapidly improving ties between the two countries.
Japan Will Hold First Memorial for 'All Workers' at Sado Gold Mines But Blurs WWII Atrocity. Why? Historians say hundreds of Koreans were forced to labor in the mines under brutal conditions during World War II.
A New Special–Edition Jeep Wrangler Pays Tribute to the Classic 1941 Willys MB This is not the greatest Jeep in the world. No, this is just a tribute.
100-Year-Old Royal Air Force Veteran Will Join UK Memorial Service for the First Time Michael Woods will join thousands of veterans as they march past the Cenotaph war memorial to honor those who died during the...
Why a British Field Marshal and 74 Other Foreign Nationals Are Buried in Arlington National Cemetery When John Dill died on Nov. 4, 1944, it shook the upper echelons of the United States military, right up through Army Chief...
The History Channel's 'The American Soldier' Documents the Evolution of the US Army From the earliest settlers and the Revolutionary War, American soldiers have been a transformative force shaping history.
The Navy’s Newest Warship Is Already Flying a Fresh Battle Flag at Sea The future USS John Basilone is already flying a battle flag in tribute to its decorated Marine namesake.
'The Man Who Calculated Death': A Journalist Explores Her Hidden Ties to the Creator of Nazi Germany's V1 Flying Bomb When the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began in March 2003, journalist Suzanne Rico was at the anchor desk of KCBS in Los Angeles...
'The Restless Wave': A Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander's Engrossing World War II Parable for Today's Great Power Conflict "The Restless Wave" came about because Stavridis' publisher approached him with the idea of writing the American version of...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...