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More Than 75 Years Later, Remains of Pearl Harbor Sailors Are Being Returned to Their Homes
Advances in DNA technology have made it possible to identify previously unknown victims.
WAR
The Story of Siwash, the Beer-Drinking Duck Who Joined the Marines
The story of how a swashbuckling duck became a sergeant with honors in the United States Marine Corps.
A 17th-Century Noblewoman's Rare Poems About War-Torn England Can Be Read Online
Hester Pulter broke convention—and the expectations of her gender and class—by writing about science and politics.
WWI Centennial: Armistice
"The war to end war" finally ends.
WWI Centennial: Allies Triumph In Italy, German Sailors Mutiny
Central Europe fragments while Germany sees the final throes of battle.
8 Things to Know About Crispus Attucks
Among the American Revolution's many heroes, Crispus Attucks is immortalized as the "first to defy, the first to die."
WWI Centennial: Allies Rebuff German Armistice Offer
The Central Powers are close to giving up.
WWI Centennial: Central Powers In Collapse
Germany and its allies face defeat, with Allied victories including American Meuse-Argonne Offensive
WWI Centennial: Brits Victorious At Megiddo
Lawrence of Arabia returns.
10 Things You Might Not Know About the Battle of New Orleans
Here's everything you need to know about the last major engagement in the War of 1812.
The Time 14 Cargo Ships Were Trapped in the Suez Canal ... for Eight Years
The ships moored together and formed a micronation. (It might as well have been an adult summer camp.)
WWI Centennial: Americans Attack the St. Mihiel Salient; the Flu Turns Deadly
The Spanish flu epidemic sweeps ever more lethally through war-torn Europe.
The British Codebreaker Who Convinced the U.S. to Join WWI
Could Texas ever be returned to Mexico? In 1917, Germany tried.
How the Performance of a French Opera About a Neapolitan Revolt Sparked a Belgian Revolution
In 1830, King William I of Netherlands celebrated his birthday with an opera. The performance would help destroy his country.
WWI Centennial: Lenin is Shot; Bolsheviks Unleash Red Terror
The attempted assassination of the Bolshevik leader set off a campaign of extreme violence.
20 Militant Murals in Northern Ireland
Take a tour of Belfast's eeriest works of public art.
How Scotland's 35-Year Kilt Ban Backfired in Spectacular Fashion
In 1746, tartan kilts were outlawed in Scotland. That ban would help the garment become world-famous.
12 Things to Know About Crazy Horse
He was called the fiercest warrior in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
10 Things You Might Not Know About The Battle Of The Bulge
A reporter coined the name.
WWI Centennial: Germany Must End War, Generals Admit
Even German children knew the end of the war was near.
WWI Centennial: “The Black Day of the German Army”
The final German offensive finally peters out.
Where Did the Ex-Confederate Leaders Go After the Confederacy Was Defeated by the Union?
Some went to prison. Others went into business.
This Is What Anne Frank's Arrest Looked Like
Anne Frank was captured by the Nazis on this date in 1944.
WWI Centennial: The French and Americans Advance On a Broad Front
Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened.