On Aug. 13, 1942, Lt. Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery assumed command of the British Eighth Army in Egypt. It would …

According to Aristotle’s Poetics (c.335 BC), tragedy is a dignified narrative involving a great person who experiences a reversal of …

February 2012 is the 70th anniversary of the Marine Raider Battalions, a brief but glorious episode in the long history …

A new and different band of brothers began arriving at North Field, Tinian, in that summer of 1945, hauling duffel …

When Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower became commander of ETOUSA (European Theater of Operations United States Army) in June 1942 …

Korengal Valley, Afghanistan: Four months into their deployment, a joint special operations team moves to conduct a “key leader engagement” …

On July 5, 2012, a World War II veteran was awarded the French Legion of Honor at a ceremony in …

As the United States marks the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the F-15 Eagle on July 27, the …

Astronaut Sally K. Ride, Ph.D., the first American woman to fly into space, died on July 23, 2012, at her …

All the nations involved in World War II practiced food rationing. It was particularly severe in Great Britain because unlike …