WAR

Theodore Roosevelt on Safari, Library of Congress // Public Domain

7 of the Most Expensive Weapons Ever Sold at Auction

Got a couple million dollars lying around?

Russian Unrest Triggers Crackdown

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 265th installment in the series.

Atlatls // Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

10 Advances in Weaponry That Changed History

From Greek fire to the AK-47.

U.S. Breaks Off Relations With Germany

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 265th installment in the series.

The 12-Year-Old Who Fought In the Civil War

By the time John Clem was discharged near the end of the war, he had not only seen active combat but had become a national folk hero as well.

Wilson Calls For “Peace Without Victory”

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 264th installment in the series.

The Female Jiu-Jitsu Crew That Defended Women's Rights

Had the police known there was barbed wire hidden in the floral arrangements, things might have gone a little differently.

The Zimmermann Telegram

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 263rd installment in the series.

Germany’s Fateful Gamble

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 262nd installment in the series.

Rasputin Murdered

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 261st installment in the series.

WWI Centennial: Third Christmas at War

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 260th installment in the series.

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.

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez // Getty Images

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.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Juan Manuel Santos via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 3.0 br

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.

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