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Harvey Segal spoke with DW's Max Hofmann at the commemoration for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019. Segal was just 19 years old when he... Read More

The forgotten unit came ashore at Utah Beach on D-Day, suffering heavy losses in the hedgerows before closing the Falaise Pocket and invading... Read More

Joe Picard is one of the few left with a personal memory of the 20th century’s greatest military operation. Read More

The date of 6 June 1944 remains permanently fixed within our collective global memory – D-Day. This marked the start of Operation... Read More

General Eisenhower’s words provide a good example to emulate in our next 250 years. Read More

Writing more than 20 years after the Battle of Cold Harbor, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant stated, “I have always regretted that the last... Read More

The Battle of Midway has assumed a place in American naval lore that has put it on par with other great battles in world naval history. What... Read More

For German troops trying to escape the Falaise Pocket massacre, one final obstacle stood in their way: the Polish 1st Armoured Division. Read More

The Declaration of Independence became a masterpiece through a group edit that was “one of the great marvels of history” Read More

Major General Benedict Arnold slowly pulled his carriage to a stop as his horses navigated the last few bumps of the cobblestone streets in... Read More

To celebrate America's 250th birthday, the library partnered with a brewery to produce the founding father's beer — and an updated version... Read More

The baggy, knee-length pants were popular in the 19th century—but how did knickerbockers, (i.e. the Knicks) come to represent the... Read More

For decades, the Gnostic Gospels were widely believed to have been a library of ancient texts hidden away to protect their secrets. But what... Read More

In a poignant pattern, many of the most important contributions to suffrage were enacted—or inspired—by mothers Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

World Cup tickets are going for as high as $45,000. Not in most of our budgets. How did things get so out of hand when the tournament's... Read More

How a war that began in Cuba saw the US acquire the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico. Read More

Join a discussion of everyday military life in the American Revolution. Discover how armies were structured, what soldiers ate, what camp... Read More

A Major League Baseball game is abandoned after an ill-conceived promotion ends in a boozy stadium riot. Read More

In “Freedom Round the Globe,” Sarah M.S. Pearsall tracks the stirrings of liberty beyond the British colonies that became the... Read More

Apple TV’s “Star City” takes place in a world where the space race never came to an end. A spinoff of “For All... Read More

Before creating James Bond, Ian Fleming led a top-secret commando unit on D-Day, hunting Nazi codebooks and rocket sites. The truth behind... Read More

A new novel offers a disturbing account of the stark choices faced by Jews in Nazi Germany. Read More

President Grant called it a “day of reflection and gratitude,” and America hosted its first world’s fair. Read More

Britain's King George III is getting a makeover as America approaches its 250th birthday. Known as the "mad king" who lost the American... Read More

The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most grotesque military urban legends ever. Read More

Double Agent Juan Pujol Garcia, a.k.a. 'Garbo', helped the Allies mislead the Germans as to the actual D-Day invasion landing site. Read More

Civil wars have repeatedly emerged as some of the most destructive conflicts in human history because they combine military violence with... Read More

A husband and wife exchanged hundreds of letters during the war, but little is known about them. Could a new movie change that? Read More

The USS Herring saw action in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific before it went missing June 1, 1944, north of Japan. Read More

Now on view at the New York Historical, “Revolutionary Women” spotlights figures with connections to the state, including a... Read More

The forgotten balance at the heart of the American Revolution Read More

Gerrymandering election districts is not new in American politics. Drawing election district lines and other manipulation of voting districts... Read More

We’ve looked at data from USA 1994 onwards to see how and when classic upsets take place – and what that could mean for this year’s... Read More

The shocking murder of its royal family in June 2001 changed the course of Nepal’s history. On the massacre’s 25th... Read More

On 1 March 1999, Breitling Orbiter 3 – piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones – took off from Châteaux d’Oex in Switzerland.... Read More

A brief history of the oldest alliance in the world Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More