Military units don’t win wars by themselves, but they can transcend their roles on the battlefield to become something else entirely. Certain units have become the stuff of legends, serving as symbols ...

The Greek victory over the Persian Empire (499–449 BC) remains one of history's greatest "David vs. Goliath" scenarios.

Palestinian officials have recently accused Israel of using American-made thermobaric weaponry in Gaza.

Today’s guest column is from professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. Dozens of movies built around the suspenseful premise ...

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found ...

From the Dance of Dragons to Robert’s Rebellion, House Targaryen’s dynasty could be defined by strife as much as it could by ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant ...

More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution.

The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of ...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle shaped how we remember the making of England, but it was also propaganda, and it quietly buried Mercia’s greatest victories. From Æthelflæd’s refortification of Chester to a ...

This week marks 161 years since Union and Confederate troops met in The Battle of Fort Myers.It was one of the 10,000 places where the Civil War was fought, to paraphrase the opening narration in Ken ...