Across the sweeping arc of human history, war has been a force of transformation, annihilation, and redefinition. While some ...

Image Credit: U.S. Department of Defense, Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Across land, sea, and sky, the biggest war machines ever built were feats of engineering; statements of power. From battleships ...

The MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship turned military transport during World War II, holds the record for the deadliest maritime disaster in history. On January 30, 1945, the vessel was ...

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 ...

The war -- which started after Hamas launched a surprise terrorist attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that killed roughly ...