WAR

10 Facts About the Battle of Bunker Hill

Though the colonies were defeated in the Battle of Bunker Hill, American forces performed so impressively and inflicted so many casualties on their powerful opponent that most rebels took it as a moral victory.

WWI Centennial: Nightmare – Passchendaele

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 284th installment in the series.

The Annette Gero Collection, Photo by Tim Connolly, Shoot Studios

A New Museum Exhibition Showcases Quilts Made by Men During War

"War and Pieced" is billed as the first U.S. exhibition highlighting quilts made by men during times of war.

10 Things You Should Know About The Treaty Of Paris (1763)

The agreement transformed the political geography of North America.

WWI Centennial: Battle of Mărăști

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 283rd installment in the series.

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Study Suggests There's Water Beneath the Moon's Surface

And a lot of it.

5 Surprising Facts About the Battle of Dunkirk

With Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ winning critical acclaim, the world’s attention is once again focused on the historic events recounted in the film.

Workers in Quebec City Discover Potentially Live Cannonball Dating Back to the French and Indian War

"Old munitions like this are hard to predict … You never know to what point the chemicals inside have degraded."

WWI Centennial: Bolshevik Coup Attempt Fails

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 282nd installment in the series.

When Vlad the Impaler Repelled an Invasion With a Forest of Corpses

History remembers Vlad as the inspiration for 'Dracula,' but his war with an Ottoman sultan was just as gruesome as anything in Bram Stoker’s novel

14 Revolutionary Facts About Bastille Day

On July 14, 1789, Parisian rebels stormed the Bastille prison. Its sudden fall kicked off the French revolution, an Earth-shaking event whose echoes we still feel today.

WWI Centennial: Arabs Take Aqaba, Kerensky Offensive Fails

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 281st installment in the series.

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Winston Churchill’s Audacious Plan to Build an Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice

Is the secret to building an unsinkable aircraft carrier hiding in your ice cube tray?

WWI Centennial: Russian Black Sea Fleet Mutinies

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 280th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: The Colossus Begins To Move

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 279th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Battle of Messines

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 278th installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: U.S. Adopts Draft

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 276th installment in the series.

Mutinies Rock French Army, U-Boats Wreak Havoc

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 275th installment in the series.

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The Unsung Army of Women Who Fed America and Its Allies During World War II

The forgotten story of 3 million women who dropped everything to help out on American farms.

WWI Centennial: Nivelle Offensive Fails, Lenin Arrives In Petrograd

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 274th installment in the series.

10 Facts About the Korean War

10. The Korean War never ended.

Brits Attack at Arras

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 273rd installment in the series.

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12 American Propaganda Posters That Sold World War I to the Masses

A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York features rarely seen propaganda art commissioned by the U.S. government during World War I.

U.S. Declares War On Germany

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 272nd installment in the series.

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