A journal recently acquired at auction by the Friends of the Falklands Museum and Archives (FIMA Friends) gives a remarkable personal account of the 1914 Battle of the Falklands. The unique manuscript ...

Between May and June 1982, Sea Harriers defended the British fleet from relentless Argentine airstrikes. While six ships were sunk and twelve damaged, the Harriers claimed 21 confirmed kills with no ...

World War II was the bloodiest conflict in history, and it was carried out on a scale almost impossible to grasp. In many ways, it was the first modern war, in which airpower played a vital role both ...

Piper Daniel Laidlaw exhibited great courage and bravery in leading his regiment into battle There were many acts of courage in World War One but few could match that of piper Daniel Laidlaw. Armed ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. European leaders were blindsided by President ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the ...

Russian court jails eight men for life over Ukrainian truck bomb attack A Russian military court sentenced eight men to life in prison over their purported role in a deadly Ukrainian truck bomb attack ...

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift ...

An essay from HistoryNet on the execution of the World War I armistice ... and how thousands on both sides may have died needlessly. Military Times © 2025 ...