When the language of racism lost scientific legitimacy, it changed shape and began targeting cultures instead.

Of course, only one film per year can reign supreme in the war genre, and it can be very hard to pick, especially considering all of the good stuff that's come out over the last 10 years. While it can ...

In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed ...

Critically acclaimed and popular films like Hacksaw Ridge, 1917, and Fury are all among the absolute best war movies of the ...

Modern sniper rifles didn’t just appear overnight. They’re the end result of a long trail of forgotten prototypes, ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

On the morning of August 29, 1940, amidst the ferocious Battle of Britain that roared in the skies, a select group of men, handpicked by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, boarded an ocean liner and ...

The bullpup-style SA80 service rifle has caused the British Army no small number of headaches—but it is unclear what other weapon it might choose instead.

Modern sniping didn’t come from a single rifle, rather, it was born from a wave of WW2-era innovations that redefined ...

Few scenarios scare pundits and policymakers as much as the prospect of nuclear proliferation. Russia’s willingness to dangle the threat of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in its war against ...

Why Trooper Alec McKillop fired five shots at five German Panthers on June 14, 1944 — and destroyed them all[...] ...

After liberating Paris in August 1944, the Allied advance into Germany slowed due to severe logistical problems. Hitler exploited this[...] ...