Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

Contractors successfully moved a barracks building Jan. 22 from its resting area of 80-plus years to a new location on Fort ...

The 1940s was a time when our entire world was at war, and people wanted their version of an escape. It makes sense that this ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the siege of Budapest, which ended 80 years ago.

Just prior to U.S. entry into World War II, the 34th Infantry Regiment was awaiting shipment to Hawaii. On Dec. 21, 1941, ...

Although the devices found during construction work were practice bombs, they can be harmful. Officials said there could be ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

As Italian leaders commemorated the National Memorial Day of the victims of the 'Foibe' mass killings in the Trieste region ...

We humans have a habit of overestimating what we do know, underestimating what we don’t know, and, all too frequently, ignoring the difference. Consider long range planning. Pretend for a ...

Las Vegas City Hall does not display nor possess a photo of the mayor considered “the most controversial” in the town’s ...

During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ships were being sunk by German U-boats, warships and aircraft. In 1940 alone, ...