In late November, a cultural tour brought 10 foreign journalists from countries including Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam and South Korea to Chibi, an ancient yet vibrant county-level city in Central ...

For more than two centuries, freedom has been defended by those willing to serve. Over America’s 250-year history, many major ...

While millions of Americans can name Western Front battles like Belleau Wood or the Meuse-Argonne, almost no one remembers ...

War is full of surprises. Sometimes the underdog triumphs against impossible odds, and other times, overwhelming force crumbles into humiliating defeat. Throughout history, certain battles seemed ...

The United States is a relatively young country, speaking in the grander scope of things. That said, it is a nation that has been shaped and molded by conflict. Whether it is wars of colonialism and ...

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Archaeologists stumbled across multiple military graves during highway construction in Central Europe — shedding light on forgotten battles dating back hundreds of years. The discovery was announced ...

Charlemagne's coronation, the biggest slave revolt in the history of the British West Indies, and the deaths of Nicolae Ceaușescu, JonBenét Ramsey, and Eartha Kitt all occurred on Christmas Day. Each ...

In many wars between Christian nations, soldiers have stopped or scaled back fighting in late December—but this has not always been the case. Even in the bloodiest and deadliest wars, there were ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most conversations. The last true global conflict, the battles of the Second World War, are ...

In 480 BC, King Leonidas of Sparta and 300 of his warriors made their legendary last stand at Thermopylae. Facing a Persian army numbering in the hundreds of thousands, the Spartans held their ground ...