A demonstrably made-up story of British military officers being "captured" during a Russian raid in Ukraine has spread online this week, even being repeated by former British lawmakers. DW takes a ...

Special Forces history holds numerous obscure tales, like the unique joint US Special Forces-Russian Spetsnaz combat mission.

Germany’s covert commandos who infiltrated enemy lines in disguise, captured critical bridges, and conducted sabotage deep ...

Though Israel was defeated in its battle against the legions of Rome, it was a magnificent and inspiring defeat, a defeat ...

From Spetsnaz soldiers to Olympic wrestlers, Soviet coaches pioneered brutal, science-backed training methods still used by ...