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Virtually Explore a World War II Shipwreck in 360 Degrees
High-resolution video and 3D scanning brings the SS Thistlegorm to armchair archaeologists everywhere
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The grassroots coalition spearheaded a U.N. treaty to outlaw nuclear arms and hopes to make them taboo, like chemical weapons
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Trinity Site Offers a Rare Chance to Visit Ground Zero of the World’s First Atomic Bomb Explosion
The detonation site is only open to civilians twice a year
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Intact WWI German U-Boat Found Off the Coast of Belgium
It’s possible that 23 bodies remain inside the main cabin of the submarine, which likely hit a mine
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Man Who Saved the World From Nuclear Annihilation Dies at 77
In 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov kept his cool and reported a U.S. missile strike as a false alarm, preventing a massive counterstrike
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Discovery of Unexploded WWII Bomb Forces Massive Evacuation in Frankfurt
On Sunday, residents living within a mile of the site left their homes while the 4,000-pound “Blockbuster” was defused
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Dive With WWII Wrecks in the Solomon Islands
75 years after the Battle of Guadalcanal, walk in the footsteps of history
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The Centuries-Old Tradition of Military Quilting Is Getting Its First Exhibition in the U.S.
The display celebrates the art and craft of soldiers at war and offers insight into life in the military
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The Bizarre Story of ‘Vasa,’ the Ship That Keeps On Giving
‘Vasa’ sunk in front of horrified onlookers on this day in 1628, claiming 30 lives
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New Excavation Will Examine Germany’s Legendary “Founding Battle”
The dig hopes to find conclusive evidence that Kalkriese is the site of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
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Was the First Battle of Bull Run Really ‘The Picnic Battle’?
Yep. But it was anything but frivolous
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Six Artists Record the Vestiges of War in the Faces of Combatants
A look at a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, “The Face of Battle: Americans at War, 9/11 to Now”
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Found: 200-Year-Old Cannonball From French and Indian War
Potentially still live, the incendiary device has been moved to a safe location to be neutralized
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Civil War Hero’s Long-Lost Sword Was Hiding in an Attic
Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw led the legendary 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first official black military units in the United States
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Online Map Charts Massacres of Indigenous Australians
European settlers waged more than 150 attacks against Aboriginal groups along the country’s east coast, resulting in the deaths of some 6,000 people
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How (and Where) Did Hannibal Cross the Alps?
He pulled off one of the greatest military feats ever. Now new scientific evidence points to Hannibal’s legendary route to Rome
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Documents Show Chile Foiled Nazi Plot to Attack Panama Canal
Files released by Chile’s Investigations Police show a special unit busted two Nazi spy rings in South America
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Yemen’s Deadly Cholera Crisis is the Worst in the World
More than 200,000 cases have been reported in a country racked by civil war
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London Exhibit Showcases Powerful Artwork Created by Teenage Refugees
“All I Left Behind. All I Will Discover” includes pieces by 80 teens who fled to the UK
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Mosul’s Great Mosque of al-Nuri Destroyed by ISIS Militants
The 12th-century mosque’s leaning minaret was one of Mosul’s most recognizable landmarks
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