These Historic Military Parades Turned Heads
From ancient Rome to contemporary Paris, the flexing of military muscle is a longstanding tradition. LK Lesley Kennedy Don Emmert/AFP...
Month: August 2026
26 Photos of Dogs Being Heroes in WWI
From killing rats in the trenches to locating the wounded to keeping an eye out for the enemy, dogs served...
World War I—in Color
Digitally colorized photographs from a century ago help bring "The Great War" to life. MS Martín Stezano Apic/Getty Images Published: January...
World War I Battles: Timeline
HISTORY.com Editors Lt. E Brooks/Imperial War Museums via Getty Images Published: April 08, 2021Last Updated: June 30, 2025 Table of contents 1...
Germany’s World War I Debt Was So Large It Took 91 Years to Pay Off
After the Treaty of Versailles called for punishing reparations, <br>economic collapse, the rise of Naziism, and another world war thwarted...
The Treaty of Versailles Punished Defeated Germany With These Provisions
Some disarmed the German military, while others stripped the defeated nation of territory, population and economic resources, and forced it...
How a Wrong Turn Started World War I
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand might not have happened but for an odd coincidence that placed him right in front...
Why the 1918 Flu Became ‘America’s Forgotten Pandemic’
Once it was over, no one wanted to talk about it. Becky Little Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Published: July 07, 2020Last Updated: June...
How the US Pulled Off Midterm Elections Amid the 1918 Flu Pandemic
A lot was on the line, and not just for Democrats in Congress. Sarah Pruitt Library of Congress Published: April 22,...
How the 1957 Flu Pandemic Was Stopped Early in Its Path
By the time the virus reached the U.S., the country already had a vaccine ready. Becky Little Ed Clark/The LIFE...
