Warfare
A WWII Airman's Son Tracks Down His Father's Last Mission—to Destroy a Nazi Weapon Factory
The impact of one heroic flight would take decades to reconcile
Archaeologists Unearth Celtic Warrior Grave Complete With Chariot, Elaborate Shield
One expert hailed the shield as "the most important British Celtic art object of the millennium"
German Ship Sunk During WWI Found Off Falkland Islands
Archaeologists started searching for the "Scharnhorst" on the centenary of the 1914 battle
Tsar Nicholas II's Last Shipment of Booze Recovered From the Baltic Sea
Salvagers hope that some of the 900 bottles of cognac and Benedictine are still drinkable
This Wreck May Be the Sister Ship of Sweden's Ill-Fated 'Vasa' Warship
Divers discovered the wreckage of two 17th-century warships off the coast of an island near Stockholm
The True Story of the Battle of Midway
The new film “Midway” revisits the pivotal WWII battle from the perspectives of pilots, codebreakers and naval officers on both sides of the conflict
World's Deepest Shipwreck Is WWII Destroyer Lost in the Philippine Sea
A private mission found the mangled debris of what is likely the U.S.S. Johnston 20,400 feet under the surface
The True Story of Henry V, England’s Warrior King
The new biopic “The King” finds Timothée Chalamet tracing Henry’s evolution from wayward prince to heroic warrior
You Could Own an Amputated Arm From the George III Statue Toppled at Bowling Green
The 18th-century lead fragment was unearthed in a Connecticut resident's garden in 1991
Architecture and Math Show the Bayeux Tapestry Was Designed to Decorate a Cathedral
A new study proposes a convincing explanation for the 11th-century tapestry's creation
The Unprecedented Effort to Preserve a Million Letters Written by U.S. Soldiers During Wartime
A tragedy at home led one intrepid historian to find and catalog precious correspondence for future generations to study
What a Warrior's Lost Toolkit Says About the Oldest Known Battle in Europe
More than 3,000 years ago, soldiers appear to have traveled hundreds of miles from southern Europe to fight in what is now northern Germany
When Young George Washington Started a War
A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War
Artifacts from the Final Battle of the English Civil War Uncovered During Road Project
In 1651, Parliamentary forces defeated Royalist troops, forcing Charles II into exile
Viking Woman Warrior May Have Been Slavic
A new analysis of female Viking warriors suggests one found in Denmark was actually from the area of present-day Poland
The First Investigation Into the Allied Waterloo Field Hospital Is Unearthing Cannonballs—and Limbs
The dig, conducted by military veterans and service members, suggests just how close Napoleon's forces might have come to victory in the epic battle
Remains of Napoleonic General Believed to Have Been Found in Russian Park
Charles Étienne Gudin, whose name appears on the Arc de Triomphe, was hit by a cannonball during the Battle of Valutino
Pompeii Is Home to Multiple Undetonated World War II Bombs
A statement by the Archaeological Museum of Pompeii assures the public that there is 'no risk for visitors'
Two Tour Guides—One Israeli, One Palestinian—Offer a New Way to See the Holy Land
With conflict raging again in Israel, a fearless initiative reveals a complex reality that few visitors ever experience
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