Warfare
The 20th-Century History of Anti-Semitic Attacks on Jewish Politicians
Russian rhetoric against Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy echoes the language directed toward Jewish leaders in post-WWI Europe
Stranded Abroad, Kyiv City Ballet Announces Its First American Tour
The dance company has been staying in Paris since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Black Buffalo Soldiers Who Biked Across the American West
In 1897, the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps embarked on a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri
Fifty Years Later, Kim Phuc Phan Thi Is More Than 'Napalm Girl'
While the image freezes in time a moment of wartime horror, its subject has been moving forward
Nine Army Bases Honoring Confederate Leaders Could Soon Have New Names
Proposed by a government panel, the suggested title changes honor several women and people of color
How Ukrainian and Russian Immigrants View the War From Afar
To residents of Southern California with ties to the Eastern European nations, the conflict feels close to home
The Holocaust-Era Comic That Brought Americans Into the Nazi Gas Chambers
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
An Exclusive Preview of the New World War I Memorial
One sculptor and his team of artists take on the epic project of conveying the century-old conflict through a massive bronze installation
Ukrainian Soldiers Uncover Fourth-Century Urns While Digging Defense Trenches
The amphorae are the latest archaeological find in a country whose cultural treasures are threatened by war
Did an Enslaved Woman Try to Warn the Americans of Benedict Arnold's Treason?
New research sheds light on Liss, who was enslaved by the family of a Culper Spy Ring leader and had ties to British spymaster John André
At a Former Concentration Camp, Holocaust Survivors Draw Parallels Between Nazi and Russian Rhetoric
Speakers at a ceremony marking the liberation of Flossenbürg condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims of demilitarizing and de-Nazifying Ukraine
The 1983 Military Drill That Nearly Sparked Nuclear War With the Soviets
Fearful that the Able Archer 83 exercise was a cover for a NATO nuclear strike, the U.S.S.R. readied its own weapons for launch
Digging Up the History of the Nuclear Fallout Shelter
For 75 years, images of bunker life have reflected the shifting optimism, anxieties and cynicism of the Atomic Age
The History Behind Robert Eggers' 'The Northman'
The revenge saga blends traditional accounts with the supernatural to convey the lived experience of the Viking age
Long-Lost Medal Honoring Revolutionary War Hero Sells for Record-Breaking $960,000
The artifact, which honors General Daniel Morgan, went missing for years—then mysteriously turned up at an auction house specializing in coins and medals
Museum Renames Degas' 'Russian Dancers' in Nod to Ukraine
The change arrives amid a push for cultural institutions to recognize distinctions between Russian and Ukrainian culture
The Black WWII Soldiers Who Spirited Supplies to the Allied Front Line
The Red Ball Express' truck drivers and cargo loaders moved more than 400,000 tons of ammo, gas, medicine and rations between August and November 1944
Why Sunflowers Are Ukraine's National Flower
People around the world are embracing the bright bloom as a symbol of solidarity with the beleaguered country
Inside the Efforts to Preserve Ukraine's Cultural Heritage
Here's how experts and civilians alike are working to protect the country's art, artifacts and scientific specimens
Trove of Starfish Deposited as Offering to Aztec War God Found in Mexico City
Researchers discovered 164 sea stars placed in the Templo Mayor around the turn of the 16th century
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