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

To look at Murphy now, it’s hard to believe that he recently survived a heart attack as vets battled to remove an 8.3lb tumour attached to his spleen. Astonishingly, the black Labrador wasn’t displayi

The US invasion of Grenada generated widespread criticism, caused a rift between traditional allies and faced an embarrassing internal review

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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