Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military ...

Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

19.Here's Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, at 20 years in May 1962: And here's Patrick at age 30, starring as Launce in The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Two Gentlemen of ...

World War Two has been extensively covered in documentaries, dramas and even comedies - but what about its earlier ...

When Germany unleashed chlorine gas at Ypres in 1915, it marked the dawn of modern chemical warfare. Soldiers had no masks, ...

A unique archive capturing the experiences of a young Edinburgh soldier and gifted writer who fought during the First World ...

A unique archive capturing the experiences of a young Edinburgh soldier and gifted writer who fought during the First World War, is to be sold ...

Jisr Diyala, Iraq, May 18, 2008: Sgt. Dontre Robinson, Spc. Christopher Pay, Sgt. 1st Class James Toone and Sgt. George ...

From All Quiet on the Western Front to Stalingrad, these films show war in all its visceral horror – and bring the ...

I have seen Bonner, and he told me that he and Noel were together in the Battery position, firing a barrage, when the enemy ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black ...