War History

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

Alexander Milliner, a favorite of General Washington, is interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery along with 80 other Revolutionary War veterans.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.