On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia. Wellington saw an opportunity to strike. First he secured the strategic ...

Napoleon’s intervention in Spain and Portugal backfired spectacularly. The invasion sparked a mass revolt, led to France’s first major defeat at Bailén, and forced Napoleon into a grueling war. Here’s ...

Every war begins in blind folly and ends in unimagined suffering. This is true of all wars but especially of the First World ...

Swiss businessman Jean-Henri Dunant was shocked by the paralysis of local authorities after the Battle of Solferino, and then ...

Firelock Games ' new Napoleonic wargaming Kickstarter for Blood & Bayonets is now funded unlocking new options for those who ...

Costa Rica, a gem in Central America known for its biodiversity and stable democracy, has a storied past that led to its independence. The journey to ...

Firelock Games ' new Napoleonic warfare ruleset will be hitting Kickstarter tomorrow with Blood & Bayonets getting you stuck ...

Spain’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Spanish troops will leave Iraq whenever the government in Baghdad wants. Speaking from Baghdad after a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad ...

“It has been axiomatic in this war that nothing can be learned with ... granted all these requests except permission to leave Spain, and sent three companies of assault guards to Teruel to ...

The war in Ukraine has ground on for nearly three years. From the start, Western allies have stood in solidarity with Kyiv. The US has poured tens of billions in military aid into the war ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which may now be drawing to a close, has dramatically reshaped much of the Middle East and is still delivering aftershocks. When Hamas launched ...