WAR

Anne S. K. Brown Collection at Brown University, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

10 Surprising Facts About Benedict Arnold

That fact that Benedict Arnold defected to the British Army in 1780 is common knowledge. But before he switched allegiances, he led a pretty interesting life.

Construction Workers Discover World War II–Era German Burial Ground in Estonia

An estimated 35,000 German soldiers died in Estonia during World War II while fighting Soviet troops.

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WWI Centennial: Wilson Presents ‘Fourteen Points,’ House Approves Suffrage Amendment

What vision would President Wilson present for the post-war world?

Mount Vernon’s New Theater Gives You a Front Row Seat to the Revolution

Mount Vernon's new 4D theater lets guests experience the sights and sounds of the American Revolution in a whole new way.

How World War II Helped Give Birth to the Softcover Book

When America went to war, the softcover book went with it.

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WWI Centennial: Last Christmas At War

The Christmas of 1917 was the fourth during the war—and would also be the last.

WWI Centennial: An Overview

Catch up with the major turning points of World War I as the final climactic year gets underway.

The Grave of a Heroic War Horse Gets Landmark Protection in England

Blackie nobly served his owner, Lieutenant Leonard Comer Wall, during World War I.

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WWI Centennial: Armistice on the Eastern Front

The Bolsheviks had to move swiftly to appease rank-and-file Russian soldiers, and that meant meeting their main demand: peace.

General Allenby enters Jerusalem at the Jaffa gate, December 11, 1917

WWI Centennial: The British Capture Jerusalem

The Secret World War II History Hidden in London's Fences

London's housing developments often feature a unique form of fencing: stretchers reused after World War II.

Halifax Relief Commission // Public Domain

WWI Centennial: Horror in Halifax

The massive explosion on December 6, 1917 was one of the worst accidents of the entire war.

John Warwick Brooke, the Imperial War Museum // Public Domain

WWI Centennial: Surprise Attack At Cambrai

Could the British forces' new tactics, with massed tanks and no preparatory bombardment, deliver a breakthrough and end the stasis of trench warfare?

Yakov Vladimirovich Steinberg, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

WWI Centennial: The Second Bolshevik Coup Attempt Succeeds

"To destroy the old government and to establish the new required only a bare 24 hours."

As Bombs Fell on Paris, Marie Curie Went to War

First, Marie Curie tried to donate her Nobel Prize medals. When bank officials refused to melt them down, she donated her prize money to purchase war bonds instead.

WWI Centennial: British Victory at Gaza and the Balfour Declaration

The victory in Palestine would give Great Britain a central role in the formation of a Jewish homeland in the modern era.

WWI Centennial: Disaster At Caporetto

In the spring and summer of 1917, the momentum of events in the First World War seemed to favor the Allies. Then, on October 24-27, 1917, the other shoe dropped.

Russian Submarine Officer Who May Have Averted Nuclear War Will Be Awarded First Future of Life Prize

Without Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, World War III might have happened in 1962.

WWI Centennial: First Passchendaele, Rainbow Division Crosses the Atlantic

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 290th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Broodseinde and Poelcapelle

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 289th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Menin Road Ridge and Polygon Wood

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 288th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Germans Capture Riga, Kornilov Revolt

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 287th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Race Riot In Houston

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 286th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Salonika In Flames

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 285th installment in the series.

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