At the dawn of the First World War, few understood the full potential of submarines. That changed on a September morning in ...

Explore the gripping tale of how a single bullet set the stage for World War 1. Dive into history as we unravel the events ...

When the United States launched a "large scale strike" by military forces in Venezuela on Saturday, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, it followed a long history of U.S.

Adolf Hitler speaks at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1939. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its leadership was absorbed ...

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...

The past eight decades have been the longest period without a war between great powers since the Roman Empire. This anomalous era of extended peace came after two catastrophic wars, each of which was ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

The program will bring America’s World War I story to life through the lens of The Great Gatsby, the legendary novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and of five actual figures from the war. It was created, ...

Friends of the National World War II Memorial and the National Park Service on Tuesday co-hosted a Veterans Day observance at the memorial, honoring the 16 million American men and women who served in ...

The Toronto Blue Jays made some incredible World Series history against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Game 1 was blown open by the American League powerhouse as Addison Barger slugged the first pinch-hit ...

At least two U.S. presidents — Theodore Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter — personally conducted negotiations that led to peace agreements between warring nations. Both negotiations resulted in Nobel Prizes ...

Back in August, while standing alongside President Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin chuckled while glancing back at the B-2 stealth bomber flyover. He understood its messaging. Yet he ...