It is our duty on Remembrance Sunday to honour the fallen. But to do justice to their sacrifice, we should also remember why the world descended into war in 1914. The history of the Great War ...

Who: Bosnian-Serbian nationalist who, at 19, assassinated heir-apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg. Why is he important?: His ...

Countless soldiers paid the ultimate price during these two wars. Now, as the nation prepares to honour those who fell in ...

At precisely 11am, on November 11, 1918, the guns fell silent, and what was then known as the Great War came to an end. The ...

If you had to guess where in the world you were by looking at a single street, you’d have little chance of identifying ...

The past is more than just tragic events like wars, catastrophes, pandemics, and rebellions. It is also full of paradoxes, ...

Grundy County will celebrate Veterans Day Monday with many ceremonies across the county, including one at 11 a.m. Monday at ...

When Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand was done to death at Sarajevo 20 years ago, no camera caught the act, although a memorable newspicture shows the capture of Assassin Princip. Last year ...

The stage was set for the kind of violent throwdown more often associated with decaying Balkan duchies or post-colonial dictatorships, at least until the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand ...