Second Sino-Japanese War. And wether or not this is the 'actual' starting point of World War Two, it definitely was a devastating conflict which led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and the ...

As historian Lloyd E. Eastman wrote, China resisted a better-trained and better-equipped army for eight full years. France ...

New books and a National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene play reclaim the poet-parachutist for an era marked by antisemitism and ...

The date of the Trieste’s flag ceremony was carefully chosen—taking place on the 71st anniversary of the city of Trieste’s ...

An officer from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, with an incredible wartime family history ... fighting for the partisans in former Yugoslavia, and then joined the Allied Army in Italy. After the ...

When Egypt officially opened the doors of its $1 billion treasure trove of ancient artifacts on November 1, the great and the good of world politics stood in the shadow of King Ramses II. Eleven ...

Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old Australian, is the self-declared “president” of the “Free Republic of Verdis,” located on a patch of land in the Danube River between Croatia and Serbia.

ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR has been stripped of his rank of vice-admiral. That is one more redundant uniform down to the ...

An expert on international law weighs in on the legality and global implications of the Trump administration’s drug boat ...

John Edwards was never one of Fleet Street's armchair reporters, sitting in a comfortable office in front of a computer ...

Historical and cultural disputes between North Macedonia and Bulgaria hinder EU accession. The stalemate revolves around ...

TODAY is Monday, October 7, the 280th day of 2013. There are 85 days left in the year. 1571 - A combined Austrian, Genoese and Venetian fleet decisively defeats the Turks off Lepanto, Greece. The ...