Uldis Kurzemnieks believed he would take his lie to the grave – his life had depended on it. For decades, he told the same story of how he survived the Second World War as a boy, but his niece ...

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers. In the midst of the Second World War, he was separated from his family and taken in by a group of soldiers as one of their own.

But that may as well have been the prelude to the role that would enable his early retirement — setting up the publishing ...

What are the best war games? It’s a tricky question to answer since there’s been a long history of war titles in the world of video games. Conceptually, it never changes, whether you’re ...

What you see in downtown Vancouver’s alleys after dark is different from what is on display on its busy sidewalks during the ...

A day has come to acknowledge and honor those who served in the Vietnam War, including the 58,479 Americans who never made it ...

Explore the rivalries and tensions that led to the outbreak of World War One. Why did Scots volunteer to fight in World War One? Explore how unemployment, patriotism, propaganda and social ...

Not all of the fighting during World War One happened in the trenches of the Western Front. Some major battles were fought for control of the Middle East. It was here that the British Army ...

World War II was one of the most transformative events of the 20th century. It was the largest war ever fought, with more than 50 nations and 100 million troops involved, and it reshaped ...

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...