Dan Snow tells the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there. D-Day: The Tide Turns follows the real ...

And first, a closer look at NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank’s new ‘Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century ...

and Vasily Grossman’s two tomes about the brutal Battle of Stalingrad, “Life and Fate” and “Stalingrad.” Referring to the challenge of writing about these cataclysmic events, he writes ...

Frederick Barbarossa declares himself ruler of North Italy. 1493: Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean island of Saba. 1640: Thomas ...

It was crucial that trial judges had the necessary skills and experience to hear complex corruption cases, she said ...

The poster boy for Finnish resistance was Simo Häyhä, perhaps the greatest sniper of all time. His exploits against the ...

Those were the words of just one desperate German soldier in a letter to his family amidst impending defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in early 1943. His letter is one of dozens that have been ...

Egeland compared the destroyed urban landscape in the Palestinian enclave to that of Stalingrad or Dresden during World War II. He added: "I don't think I can recall in my 40 years as a ...

Below, we look at the results, winners, losers, and video highlights of the PFL Battle of the Giants fight card, which took place at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main card aired on ...