The University of Wyoming Department of History will host a two-part symposium titled “The U.S. West Between World Wars” Thursday, Oct. 10. The event is free and open to the public. The first part, ...

When you think about more recent military history, it’s unsurprising that World War II is the centerpiece of most conversations.

World War II is one of the most significant events in human history. It claimed the lives of millions, devastated the economies of multiple countries, and forever changed life as we knew it. Its ...

In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an ...

US president Barack Obama will introduce History's miniseries The World Wars. The six-hour docu-series will air on three consecutive nights on the cable channel beginning on Memorial Day (Monday, May ...

Wars have always been a part of human history, shaping nations and altering the course of civilisations. Unfortunately, they often come with devastating consequences, including loss of life, ...

Ukrainians fighting Russia are fending off a third world war a prominent historian has said, likening the third year of full-scale war in Ukraine to the period just ahead of World War II. Comparing ...

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Europe had been moving towards the slaughterhouse for years, and by 1914 a conflict was all but inevitable—that, at least, is the argument often made in hindsight. Yet at the time, as Niall Ferguson, ...

Aging, unexploded ordnance from the Second World War are becoming more sensitive to impact as the years pass. That’s because one of the explosives inside them is becoming more sensitive with age than ...

The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...