On Christmas 1914, the Christmas Truce saw German, British, French and Russian soldiers pause World War I for carols, ...

The year was 1914. During WW1, an unofficial ceasefire was declared on Christmas night despite no formal agreement. German and British soldiers sang Christmas carols to each other, leading some German ...

Japan did not enter World War One out of loyalty or ideology. It entered because Britain gave it an opening and Germany had valuable colonies in China and the Pacific sitting exposed. Japan seized ...

On the morning of December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers and about 1,000 tanks launched a surprise attack on ...

Prologue On December 20, 2025, the European Union (EU) almost crossed the Rubicon. It tried seizing Russian financial assets in Belgium for funding and ...

Hopwood DePree says he has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds trying to restore a stately home in Middleton, Greater ...

In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, many men were in the trenches fighting the war, but the spirit of Christmas halted the conflict for ...

On Christmas Eve in 1914, a light snowfall began to dust the Western Front, unable to settle on the muddy, waterlogged ground ...

But for one moment in 1914, there came a Christmas miracle. The soldiers in the trenches stopped fighting, and for a moment, ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...