Its title, “The Purple Testament,” quotes Shakespeare ... some areas lasting beyond the war’s official end in September 1945, was extremely complex. The Battle of Manila, which lasted ...

An admiring British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill stated, "This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory." ...

The results were unspeakable: an estimated 100,000 of its citizens died. In the entire war, only the battles of Berlin and Stalingrad resulted in more casualties. Few were more horrified at this ...

How brilliant a military leader are you? One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S. history -- was the battle of Gettysburg. During the three days of July 1 ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War II battles in movies and TV shows. He looks at the bombing raids in "Masters of the Air," starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan.

The Battle of Loos started in September 1915. It was the first time that Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, had used armies of volunteers in a major attack. 35,000 Scots took part in the ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the famed Battle of Iwo Jima. Some of the men who braved those shores are in town to mark this key turning point in World War II. One by one, with canes ...

Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One. The Germans fired two million shells in the opening eight-hour bombardment, and tens of millions were fired over the course of ...

Its title, “The Purple Testament,” quotes Shakespeare ... remains potent long after a war ends: “A poisoned outcome,” he writes at the beginning of “The Battle of Manila,” is even ...