How the Lancaster factory, one of the biggest buildings in Europe at the time, helped to create a truly war-winning weapon. It's like Netflix for history... Sign up to History Hit to start watching ...

In times of war, both sides are driven to develop weapons that can deliver overwhelming force and secure victory, whether ...

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The serious son of Quaker parents, Philip Baker was first a scholar, then an Olympian, and finally a Nobel Peace Prize winner ...

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The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting.

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The Greek Gen. Thucydides, in the vernacular of the day, is having a moment. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invoked a famous aphorism from ...

A British officer has traditionally filled the role of NATO’s deputy supreme allied commander, in recognition of the UK’s importance in Europe’s defense architecture.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed across each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of ...