It’s September 12th, 1918 and at the controls of his SPAD S:XIII fighter is 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke. He’s about to take ...

You can tune into them right now—voices reading numbers, strange tones, and eerie music. Number stations have been used since WWI to send coded messages to spies. They operate outside the law, and no ...

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 a move that has left European leaders reeling, President Trump has shared a provocative image that reimagines North America's borders ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

"Agent 355 is believed to have been socially well-connected, possibly from an upper-class background, which allowed her ...

Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is a masterpiece, but movies like Platoon and Come and See are more powerful and resonant ...

The Porsche and Ferrari logos both feature a very similar horse. As it turns out, those horses might very well be the same ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

"No act on earth could save you from us," was one of The Knights of Liberty's first warnings to perceived American disloyalists.

The Nazi authorities today decreed that the Zionist blue-white banner is the official Jewish flag and may be displayed under protection of the police throughout Germany. The decree is based on the ...

They wore the red coat, but they spoke German. They were the only troops the Duke of Wellington trusted as[...] ...