WAR

The Germans hoped for one final, crushing blow to the Allied forces.

Before the broadcast, viewers were warned the TV movie would bring about "feelings of depression and helplessness."

9. James McAvoy, Tom Hardy, Simon Pegg, Michael Fassbender, Colin Hanks, Dominic Cooper, and Andrew Scott were among some of the up-and-coming actors who appeared in it.

Russia surrendered huge amounts of territory in one of the most punitive peace agreements in history.

There were no huge public celebrations following Parliament’s historic vote.

Sixty years ago today, on January 31, 1958, the United States became a space-faring nation with Explorer-1.

Sites where bombs were detonated contain less TNT than sites where they were deactivated.

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.

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

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

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

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