Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...

Duane Tunnyhill talks about the war in 2015 with a group of World War II veterans of the battle of Iwo Jima at the Bohemian Cafe in Omaha. “I had to use the hard sell,” Tunnyhill told The ...

Using contemporary maps, this sumptuous new volume covers the history of the mapping of land wars, and shows the way in which maps provide a guide to the history of war. Content includes: The ...

A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Sunday, with the first six-weeks of the deal ushering in a pause to fighting, the staggered release of Israeli hostages and ...

The actual memorial depicts the moment six Marines raised a U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, which left about 7,000 Marines ...

The government has ordered offshore energy firms to avoid "noisy" detonations when disposing of unexploded bombs on the seabed, in a bid to protect vulnerable marine life. There are still more ...

Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war. By ...

Donald J Trump will be sworn in as the 47th US President on Monday, January 20. By Tuesday analysis will shift from expectations to the realities of the second four-year Trump administration.