Tag: History

Gravestones for fallen German soldiers of both World Wars standing at the cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, April 28, 2014. The First World War began on July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Is the rise of ISIS World War I’s next phase?

Austin Bay · June 25, 2014 2:56 pm

Fouad Ajami, 1945-2014

Paul Wolfowitz · June 23, 2014 9:15 am

An Uncommon Reader

Joseph Epstein · June 16, 2014 4:00 am

Led by their president, Americans prayed on D-Day

David Kerr · June 6, 2014 9:00 am

U.S. assault troops, laden with equipment, wade through the surf to a Normandy beach from landing craft in June 1944 to support those who had gone before in the D-Day assault. (AP Photo)

Too many Americans don’t know or care about their history

Cal Thomas · June 4, 2014 9:00 pm

World War II veteran Doug Thrutchley stands by the captured U-505 German submarine on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Thrutchley, who was involved with capture of the 252-foot vessel, was on hand to mark the 70th anniversary of its capture. It is the only German submarine the U.S. Navy captured during the war and one of five left in the world. (AP Photo/Stacy Thacker)

Last meeting for WWII veterans who captured U-boat

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2014 7:33 pm

This June 6, 1944, file photo shows American soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force securing a beachhead during initial landing operations at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. From the first sketchy German radio broadcast to the distribution of images filmed in color, it has taken decades for the full story of the D-Day invasion to come out. As world leaders and veterans prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion this week, multiple Twitter hashtags are following the ceremonies minute by minute. At the time, the reporting, filming and taking of photos was neither easy nor straightforward. (AP Photo/Weston Haynes, File)

D-Day narrative started early, and still evolves

Jamey Keaten · June 4, 2014 9:07 am

(AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Sale of Civil War soldier’s skull abandoned after outcry

Sean Higgins · June 3, 2014 8:10 pm

FILE - In this June 4, 1989 file photo, a rickshaw driver peddles wounded people, with the help of bystanders, to a nearby hospital in Beijing after they were injured during clashes with Chinese soldiers in Tiananmen Square. The crackdown ended a period of relative political openness, led to the downfall of Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang and plunged Beijing into diplomatic isolation that lasted until the late 1990s. (AP Photo/Liu Heung Shing, File)

AP WAS THERE: Troops storm Tiananmen Square

John Pomfret · June 3, 2014 3:54 pm

Correction: XGR-Reagan Statue story

Correction: XGR-Reagan Statue story

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 9:14 pm

France restricts coverage of D-Day anniversary

France restricts coverage of D-Day anniversary

Washington Examiner · May 30, 2014 2:59 pm

In this photo dated May 14, 2014, Andree Auvray answers question during an interview with the Associated Press in Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy, France. Andree Auvray, nine months pregnant, was hiding from German bombings in a Normandy ditch with her husband one night in June 1944 when their dogs started barking. The shadows of three soldiers appeared. The soldiers were Americans. D-Day had begun. Auvray relives that wrenching time with clarity and a growing sense of urgency. Seventy years have passed since the Allied invasion of Normandy helped turn the tide against Hitler. With their numbers rapidly diminishing, she and other French women and men who owe their freedom to D-Day's fighters are more determined than ever to keep alive the memory of the battle and its meaning. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

National Security

French survivors keep D-Day gratitude alive

CATHERINE GASCHKAANGELA CHARLTON · May 30, 2014 1:28 pm