Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 236th installment in the series. Following the German onslaught against Verdun in February 1916, the ...

Nov. 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — “the war to end all wars,” which cost an estimated 40 million lives. While there are no more survivors to tell us their stories, WWI ...

November 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I — “the war to end all wars,” which cost an estimated 40 million lives. While there are no more survivors to tell us their stories, WWI ...

"The war to end all wars" — World War I, which cost an estimated 40 million lives — is now more than a century in the past. While there are no more survivors to share their stories first-hand, WWI ...

When you walk around the outside of the building you find small windows, and when you look through them what you see are bones. Human bones and skulls. Piles of them. They are the remains of more than ...

Une petite fenêtre marquée par une nouvelle journée de gratuité, le 31 décembre, qui permettra d’accéder librement au Mémorial et au fort de Douaumont. Pas de fort de Vaux, en revanche, puisque le ...

World War I, once heralded as “the war to end all wars,” ended on Nov. 11, 1918, which is why we (and many other countries) celebrate veterans on this day. Many millions died during the horrific war ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When not abroad, travel writer John Oseid can be found in NYC or LA. Fleury-devant-Douaumont is a French village that doesn’t ...

One hundred years ago a new kind of hell opened up on a relatively peaceful border town in France. Europe had been at war for three years, and resulted in the slaughter of a idealistic generation and ...