Owen Rust

In the Middle Ages, the Pope encouraged European monarchs to wrest the Holy Land away from the Muslims. These religious wars also changed Medieval Europe.

Having lost its largest city, New Orleans, months earlier, the Confederacy attempted to retake Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge. Could the Union retain its foothold in the Deep South?

During World War II, the United States Army created a specialized unit to fool the defending Germans and aid the Allied invasion of France.

If a US president is unable to handle the rigors of the office, can he be removed? The 25th Amendment, crafted after 1963, lays the rules for presidential removal.

Many wonder why such strong sociopolitical tensions exist in the Middle East. One major factor is the eight-year Iran-Iraq War, the largest industrialized war since WWII.

Have Americans always been active voters and politically active? Did “liberal” and “conservative” always mean what they do now? Here’s a look at America’s historical political landscape.

In September 1943, the US and Britain invaded fascist Italy. Unfortunately, Nazi Germany kept dictator Benito Mussolini in power. Could Rome be taken without being destroyed?

Many may be unaware that the Allies almost lost World War I because Russia left the war early, freeing up thousands of German soldiers on the Eastern Front. But why?