The First World War, also known as "The Great War" or "The War to End All Wars," was one of the most devastating conflicts in ...

It has been more than 100 years since the First World War ended, a triumph still celebrated across Europe every year. Countries once cut up into systems of trenches and no-man’s land join ...

It’s one of the best-known stories about the First World War: the Christmas truce of 1914, when soldiers from both sides spontaneously laid down their guns and, for a few hours at least, acted ...

At the height of World War I, W.E.B. Du Bois published a controversial 1918 editorial, “Close Ranks,” in the NAACP publication the Crisis. In it, he counseled his readers to “forget our ...

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Close to 15 million Americans served in the military during World War II. But the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for combat bravery, was awarded just 473 times. The first was awarded ...