World War One, also known as the Great War, claimed the lives of more than nine million soldiers. Spain, in the economic doldrums after losing most of its colonies, remained neutral, while the ...

both World Wars left deep scars in Africa. In Word War I alone, according to the CWGC, British forces employed around 50,000 African soldiers and more than one million African “carriers”, or ...

Fort Benning's new namesake, Fred Benning, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his battlefield courage ...

Like many other amputees struggling to find a good arm prosthesis, he continues his military duties without one. Life after war After he lost his right arm in battle, Oleksandr Zhalinskyi ...

How Spanish King Became Last Hope for Missing World War One Soldiers' Relatives By Emma Pinedo and Juan Medina MADRID (Reuters) - A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in ...

Juan Jose Alonso, head of the Royal Palace archive, shows files from the archive of letters sent by relatives of missing soldiers from the First World War asking for help from the Spanish King ...