World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

The Economist watched with alarm as America descended into civil war in 1861. That April militiamen from South Carolina, which had seceded, bombarded Fort Sumter, a Union stronghold just off the state ...

American PT boats in the Pacific were failing against Japanese supply barges during the Guadalcanal campaign. This story follows Lieutenant Robert Lynch, his crew aboard PT-48, and the desperate ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle, the war film and national history. One of the boldest ...

This lithograph by American printmaker Nathaniel Currier depicts the landing of the American forces under General Scott at Vera Cruz, on March 9, 1847, during the Mexican War. (AP Photo) [AP Photo] As ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration’s White House statement on the Mexican-American War omitted slavery’s role and Native ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a ...

Across 250 years of history, the actions of the Army have been closely intertwined with the direction and growth of the United States as a nation, and at the heart of it all was the soldier and his ...

On June 17, 1863, Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola was forced to watch his men get slaughtered near the village of Aldie, Virginia. Just hours earlier, his superior officer had placed him under arrest for ...

Long before the famous Underground Railroad, those seeking freedom from slavery traveled on foot, by boat and under cover of darkness to Fort Mose in Spanish-controlled Florida ...

This week marks 161 years since Union and Confederate troops met in The Battle of Fort Myers.It was one of the 10,000 places where the Civil War was fought, to paraphrase the opening narration in Ken ...