The Bayeux Tapestry, which is now housed in the British Museum, is in a "wonderful state", the French Culture minister has ...

The history of Argentina and England transforms every match into something more than a game – a World Cup semi-final raises ...

If the pointless war on Iran is a historical marker equivalent to Suez in ignominy, the question becomes, what do we do with ...

Ukraine is establishing a new “long-range impact” command within its armed forces to intensify strikes on Russian military ...

This short article was produced for the July/August issue of Socialist Alternative’s newspaper from a longer, more in-depth ...

America still needs France.

The largest of all the British war cemeteries in Normandy stands on the southern outskirts of Bayeux. It has a stone colonnade with a Latin inscription that has become famous: Nos a gulielmo victi ...

In tandem with America's semisquincentennial, we asked historians, authors and other experts to propose four hidden facts about Texas during the American Revolution. 1771, Bonne Map of Mexico, Texas, ...

As America marks 250 years, the remarkable friendship between Lafayette and George Washington still resonates across the Atlantic.

Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation – in comparison with the great historical cycles – have so separated their ...

When we study history, we tend to put each war into separate boxes, such as 'the war between England and France' or 'the war between England and Scotland.' However, if we trace the series of events ...

One by one, the graduates made their way to the front of the room wearing black caps and gold-lettered sashes. They shook hands with their teachers, were handed certificates and switched their tassels ...