For every nation, there are battles whose names for one reason or another mean more to their people than most. For Americans, its Gettysburg. For Australians and New Zealanders, its Gallipoli. For the ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Edward Lengel describes the first major engagements of WWI including the Battles of Cantigny and Chateau-Thierry.

CANAKKALE, Turkey (AP) — Britain's Princess Anne, New Zealand's prime minister and Australia's governor-general gathered near the World War I battlefields on Turkey's Gallipoli Peninsula at a dawn ...

War is never pretty, but there can be levels even to the cruelty and ugliness of war, with some almost inconceivably horrendous. Such levels can be measured by one macabre metric: the number of deaths ...

It seems, in many ways, to have been forgotten, the fact that before today was called Veterans Day, it was first known as Armistice Day. Matthew Davenport believes it warrants mentioning. He has made ...

Willie Geist wraps up Sunday TODAY by sharing mug shots sent in by viewers. This week, Willie gives a shout out to Jake, Jennifer, Mike and Ally who honored their grandpa Roy at the U.S. Marine ...

“I found that the orderly burial of men in battle was even more important than I anticipated,” he wrote. “My ideas took shape after 14 days in action in the Argonne Forest. Always, and I remember no ...

The story about Lt. Chaplin Elzer Tetreau serving our nation during WWI was a fascinating reminder of the sacrifices our forefathers made for our freedoms. I have been fortunate to visit some of the ...