The calm morning waters of the North Sea turned into a nightmare for the British Royal Navy as the German U-boat U-9, under ...

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The finder told Newsweek: "Eyre was not just a soldier; he was a human being, with his own dreams and loves and hopes." ...

World War One began almost by accident and ended just as strangely. It was the first truly global conflict and saw death on an industrial scale.

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Rather than choose to use the force of his command—or implicit threats—Washington chose the path of moral persuasion.

One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the ...