WAR

Fall of Bucharest, Lloyd George to PM

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 259th installment in the series.

Franz Josef Dies

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 258th installment in the series.

British Advance Into Sinai

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 257th installment in the series.

Supermarket Cashier Finds WWII Love Letter in Lost and Found

Now she's on a mission to track down its owner.

Louvre Museum Offers Protection for Endangered Cultural Treasures

The institution wants to safeguard artifacts rescued from conflict-ridden countries.

Ninth Isonzo, Strikes Rock Petrograd

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 255th installment in the series.

Germans Storm Romanian Passes

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 254th installment in the series.

How the Man Who Bombed Oregon Became an Honorary Citizen

He came back 20 years later to try and make amends.

Greece Splits Into Rival Factions

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 253rd installment in the series.

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Archaeologists May Be Closer to Finding Poet Federico García Lorca's Body

The world-famous playwright and poet was executed by a firing squad during the Spanish Civil War and buried in an unmarked grave.

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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

The announcement comes less than a week after Colombians voted to reject a peace deal.

Brits Fear Growing Dependence On U.S.

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 252nd installment in the series.

The Tide Turns Against Romania

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 251st installment in the series.

Battles of Morval and Thiepval Ridge

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 250th installment in the series.

15 Unexpected Facts About Military Research From Mary Roach’s Grunt

The U.S. military studies everything from uniform button placement to traveler's diarrhea to organ transplants with the same intense rigor.

Rise Of The Tanks

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 249th installment in the series.

Romania Joins Allies, Fall Of Falkenhayn

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 248th installment in the series.

Starvation Stalks Europe

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 247th installment in the series.

Italian Victory At Sixth Isonzo

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 246th installment in the series.

Russians Resume Brusilov Offensive

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 245th installment in the series.

Battle of Pozières, Romania Agrees to Join Allies

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened.

WWI Centennial: Battle of Bazentin Ridge

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 243rd installment in the series.

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Who Cleaned Up the Carnage After Napoleon’s Battles?

Battlefield tidying during the Napoleonic Wars was a grim business—and we do mean business.

Armageddon – The Somme

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 242nd installment in the series.

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