In October 1943 the second world war was in full swing and the tide was turning against the Axis powers, though there was no major military breakthrough yet. In Ankara, Turkey, the British Embassy ...

Since Bashar Assad’s regime was toppled on Dec. 8, 2024, nearly 1.5 million externally displaced Syrians have voluntarily returned to their home country. That number comprises about one-quarter of all ...

When the Berlin Wall went up overnight, National Geographic correspondents were on hand to document a city that became a ...

An exhibition reckons with the revived legacy of an immigrant artist who created ornate illuminations and scathing ...

A classified blueprint shows why weapons or troop numbers alone may not decide the outcome of a broader conflict between Moscow and the West ...

Arlene Wagner has been collecting nutcrackers for nearly 50 years. Now, she's got one of the largest collections in the world ...

The intensity and subliminal anxiety related to the war would shape many of my most vivid memories of childhood, and probably ...

The Monuments Men and Women Foundation is on the hunt to recover stolen masterpieces—and they say this could be our best ...

Discover military and war memorabilia items that could be worth a small fortune to collectors today, from vintage medals to ...

Weihnachtsdzeit, German expression for Christmas cheer, abounds in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County this holiday seasdon.

Germany’s president is laying a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the ...