This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

In ‘The Winter Warriors,’ French writer Olivier Norek narrates the 1939-40 confrontation between the two countries ...

The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria and the other countries on the losing side of the war were especially unhappy with the ...

In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off on a four-day mission with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. aboard; it was the 10th and final crewed flight of NASA’s Gemini program.

1883-1945 – Cochin-China, southern Vietnam, and Annam and Tonkin, central and northern Vietnam, along with Cambodia and Laos make up colonial empire French Indochina. 1946 – Communists in the north ...

The 1965 Indo-Pakistani War erupted over escalating tensions in Kashmir, turning into a full-scale conflict marked by fierce ...

Howell Raines, a former executive editor of the New York Times, is the author of “Silent Cavalry: How Union Soldiers from Alabama Helped Sherman Burn Atlanta — and Then Got Written Out of History.” A ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Korea was under Japanese rule before and during World War II, and was divided ...

Reports of negotiations between the U.S. and Germany led people to believe an end was in sight and celebrations took place ...

Dick Cooch, of Delaware, shares his family's deep-rooted history linked to the state's only Revolutionary War land battle.

People removing their own heads? A horror movie version of Mickey Mouse?. Not to mention the scout troop from hell. Here are ...