Fortunes of War, a WWII miniseries starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh, showed off Thompson's impressive star power ...

They were given in a wartime speech (now known as “The Few”) in the British House of Commons 85 years ago on Aug. 20, 1940.

Under Maj. William O. Darby, volunteers drawn heavily from the 34th Infantry Division trained in Scotland in demolitions, ...

Smith ditched her music career when she was at the very top, touring Europe and being chased down the street by fans, because ...

South Front, a 2 player war game published by Ares Games. This is a dynamic, fast-paced game of World War II on the Mediterranean front, for two players.

COURT HOUSE – Refugees are a natural consequence of war, as the civilian population flees bombs, tanks and advancing soldiers ...

While fertility rates are declining globally, they are dropping faster in some places than others. Among the continents, ...

What makes the Museum of Automobiles particularly appealing as a destination is its location within Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas’s first state park. After immersing yourself in automotive history, ...

Before the guns fired, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union struck a shocking secret deal to divide Poland and rewrite the map of Europe. Behind closed doors in 1939, diplomacy masked a ruthless plan of ...

MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Europe could not afford a war against Russia but that if its leaders made the mistake of triggering one then it ...

The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as Africa. In reality, Africa is more than seven times bigger. It is a distortion that ...

Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name. National Geographic Society maps supply a backdrop for a meeting between ...