Leslie’s Retreat, writes Hoffer, “was not a victory of American troops over British troops. It was a victory of citizens claiming their own over the military doing its duty.” On a bright ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

African American troops line up, National Archives The military's view toward African Americans during World War II reflected that of the wider American culture. According to a report commissioned ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution ... those in bondage sided with whichever army promised them personal liberty. The British actively recruited slaves ...

"Her marriage to York Batley, a supply sergeant from a segregated Engineer Aviation Battalion, made the news in the US and she is believed to be the first British woman to marry a black American in ...

John B. Goodenough, a former soldier, was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping create the lithium-ion battery, used today in a ...

This is the grave of Freddie Stowers, an American corporal ... them into an orphaned army. The French called them les enfants Perdus, the lost children. First the British were asked to train ...

yet it is largely unknown to all but military history buffs. British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex airfields on 24 March 1945, to be dropped directly on top of the ...