WAR

The Bolsheviks had to move swiftly to appease rank-and-file Russian soldiers, and that meant meeting their main demand: peace.

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London's housing developments often feature a unique form of fencing: stretchers reused after World War II.

The victory in Palestine would give Great Britain a central role in the formation of a Jewish homeland in the modern era.

In the spring and summer of 1917, the momentum of events in the First World War seemed to favor the Allies. Then, on October 24-27, 1917, the other shoe dropped.

Without Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov, World War III might have happened in 1962.

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 286th installment in the series.

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 285th installment in the series.

Though the colonies were defeated in the Battle of Bunker Hill, American forces performed so impressively and inflicted so many casualties on their powerful opponent that most rebels took it as a moral victory.

With Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ winning critical acclaim, the world’s attention is once again focused on the historic events recounted in the film.

"Old munitions like this are hard to predict … You never know to what point the chemicals inside have degraded."

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 282nd installment in the series.