Soon after the outbreak of World War I – he was then in his 50th year – he enlisted as a volunteer. Leaving behind his Jewish wife, Hannah, and their only daughter, Bertha, he became the military head ...

In December 1944 during World War II, the German army launched a surprise offensive meant to change the course of the war. This story follows American artillery officers, soldiers, and scientists ...

As trench warfare paralysed the Western Front, an experimental vehicle pointed the way toward a different type of warfare – and a century of armoured combat ...

Yes, Canada was still part of the British Empire in 1914. But it was also a self-governing Dominion that had been running its ...

Joseph Folino was the last of a generation. Folino, of Jeannette, died Thursday at age 103. He is believed to among the last surviving veterans who fought in Battle of the Bulge, the last German ...

Minecraft players are some of the most innovative among us. You may walk past them on the street, sit next to them on the bus, or chat to them in the office without ever realizing their genius. But ...

While growing up on his father's farm near the Cole County community of Millbrook, Paul Joseph Kirchner likely heard neighbors and relatives discussing news of the Great War in Europe, which many ...

How did Britain’s “obsolete” WWI artillery become the most accurate gun of WWII? This is the untold story of the 25-pounder field gun—a weapon born from budget cuts, WWI barrels, and engineering ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - In the small town of Evart, a poignant tribute unfolded as the community gathered to honor Private Joseph Guyton, a World War I soldier who was the first ...

A lawn crew recently uncovered a World War I-era artillery shell at Houston’s Memorial Park, a reminder of the park’s origins as Camp Logan—a military training base active from 1917 to 1919. Houston ...