A battered diary from World War I was just found in a barn in England. It recounts the horrific Battle of the Somme, the ...

Joseph Joffre, visited his counterpart—Haig—in May 1916, French losses at Verdun were expected to total ... occurred in the first 15 minutes of the battle. “It was about this time that ...

1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...

Drafted into the German Army in World War I, Marc was killed in 1916 at the Battle of Verdun. This article is a selection from the April/May 2024 issue of Smithsonian magazine Amy Crawford ...

Over a two-year period, from 1914-1916, French and British forces had failed to dislodge ... researched the Battle of the Somme and consulted the French military about the Battle of Verdun to glean ...

1916's Descent into Hell began at the French fortress city of Verdun. Entire villages were wiped off the map and both sides suffered over 300,000 casualties. At sea the British and German fleets ...

LEXINGTON — As the Lexington Minute Men prepare to re-enact the Battle of Lexington and Concord this weekend, one Army veteran reflected on why he participates. Steve Delity, a 1985 United ...

President Michael D Higgins led commemorations to those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, saying that its leaders "challenge us to address global issues". During the event, the 1916 ...