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Shortly after the war, more than 171,000 remains were returned to the U.S., while next of kin chose to have more than 110,000 buried overseas. Read More

Freeman Johnson is only of only 11 Pearl Harbor attack survivors who are still living. Read More

Every profession has its vices. All too often, historians vainly imagine that they can understand the past more wisely than those who lived... Read More

Scott A Leadingham puts his list in chronological order and it is hard to argue with his first and last choices.  Read More

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice... Read More

The often fatal virus is believed to have spread from infected animals, likely bats. Read More

‍Even Calvin Coolidge made mistakes. He made two after being elected president in his own right in 1924. Both mistakes related—one... Read More

When Red Army troops entered Berlin's Jewish Hospital in 1945, they were astonished to discover hundreds of Jews living just a couple of... Read More

Cheering crowds, fast horses, dramatic accidents, and even a little sorcery made up a typical day of chariot racing in Rome as thousands... Read More

The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected... Read More

Merlin, Camelot, the Grail, and the Round Table   Read More

Louisville’s Galt House Hotel was an unlikely place for a deadly encounter between two guests, particularly when they were fellow Union... Read More

In the spring of 1258, the clatter of plate armour replaced the hushed tones of diplomacy as a group of defiant barons stormed Westminster... Read More

It took an Irish Gothic novelist to tie up centuries of demonic mythology surrounding the bat with the publication of Bram... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

Prediction market sites allow users to put money on everything from the war in Iran to the winner of the Super Bowl. But where did these... Read More

Just twenty years after independence, the United States fought a lesser-known war against the Barbary States of North Africa... some use the... Read More

Brooke Newman examines Jefferson's cut slavery grievance from the Declaration of Independence and the British Crown's role in the slave trade. Read More

A new podcast launching today explores the extraordinary stories behind 100 of the most significant and intriguing artefacts in US history. Read More

It was the birthplace of the liberal tradition, but also the incubator for Nazism – what can this historic city tell us about democracy? Read More

Here are recommended reads about the United States — perfect for the history buff on your gift list, or anyone looking to learn more about... Read More

James Smither spent nearly two decades piecing together what actually occured during the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord. Read More

Sylvia Barbara Soberton's latest book challenges the perception of Anne Boleyn's sister as "promiscuous, intellectually incurious and... Read More

Gen. John A. Logan served from Vicksburg to Atlanta, fought for equal rights after the Civil War and established Decoration Day to honor the... Read More

The holiday honors all of the fallen, even if their conflict never had a name. Read More

Memorial Day falls on May 25 this year. The celebration originates from Decoration Day, first observed in 1868. Read More

Many rituals that mourn fallen U.S. soldiers originated in European battlefield customs. Read More

Paris was restless with excitement. Rumors flew through the city; he’s come back to Europe to retire; he’s here to take the... Read More

Religious tolerance is good not only for ethical reasons, but also because it enables multiconfessional armies to function effectively, as... Read More

A new exhibition at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, in Philadelphia, spotlights the little-known wartime... Read More

Postwar motorcycle clubs weren’t born from crime. They were built by veterans trying to recreate a world they had just left behind. The... Read More

‍Even Calvin Coolidge made mistakes. He made two after being elected president in his own right in 1924. Both mistakes related—one... Read More

The British authorities controversially used concentration camps for civilians during the Boer War (1899-1902) in... Read More

The Wiener Holocaust Library exhibition examines how forced labour became central to the Nazi war economy. Read More

In National Geographic's inaugural edition of the Stones & Bones newsletter, we travel to the far reaches of Argentina to uncover a new... Read More

Discover how the new Palaeographicum system isolates ancient handwriting styles to reconstruct long-lost secrets of human civilization in... Read More

Across the 19th and 20th centuries, urban residents developed a range of strategies to manage extreme heat in densely built environments. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More