This staff sergeant became the first living US Army veteran of the Iraq War to receive the Medal of Honor, following fierce close-quarters combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah

The grisly fate of more than 16,000 soldiers and civilians during the First Anglo-Afghan War serves as a timeless lesson in hubris and bad leadership

By spring 1941, the Afrika Korps was advancing across eastern Libya towards Egypt and the Suez Canal. But a dusty port town lay in their path

KARELIAN ISTHMUS 25 JUNE – 9 JULY 1944

A Coldstream Guards private earned this honour at Inkerman before becoming Florence Nightingale’s personal bodyguard

One of the most consequential battles of the American Revolution was fought in the South Carolina backcountry