During Black History Month, revisit the overlooked story of Black US soldiers in WWI—their service overseas and the unequal ...

"The North American Indian took his place beside every other American in offering his life in the great cause," wrote General John Pershing ...

A sweeping new exhibit chronicles how African-American involvement in WWI helped pave the way for the civil rights movement. By David Roza Published Mar 11, 2020 12:00 PM EDT Trench foot, mustard gas, ...

A wounded pigeon named Cher Ami helped save a battalion of American soldiers, becoming one of the most recognized animals in ...

"Humanity is mad. It must be mad to do what it is doing. What a massacre! What scenes of horror and carnage! I cannot find words to translate my impressions. Hell cannot be so terrible. Men are mad!" ...

During World War I, almost 100,000 German Jews proudly served in military uniform as soldiers, sailors, airmen and administrators. But far from a better public opinion of Germany’s Jewish citizens, ...

Your great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day military helmet, a recently ...

For the past few years, Erik Sass has been covering the events that led to World War I exactly 100 years later. Here's a look back at how we got here. In mid-June 1914, Europeans were preparing for a ...

It’s hard to imagine that Slovenia’s Soča Valley, a land of aquamarine river rapids and dense emerald forests, was once the site of WWI’s Isonzo Front, where 1.7 million soldiers died. Looking at ...

Here are five historically accurate metal songs about World War I, chosen by Noise, the visionary behind WWI-themed melodic black/death metal band Kanonenfieber. The band's name translates from German ...