The United States upholds its status as the major global economy and richest country, with a GDP of over $28.78 trillion as of 2025, steadfastly preserving its pinnacle position from 1960 to 2024 ...

In 1914, the German Army sought a swift decisive victory over France, invading from the north. The plan failed, leading to a years-long bloody stalemate where millions of soldiers braved horrific ...

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Currently, Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk. That the Russians haven’t been more ...

More than 1,500km (900 miles) from London, frenetic activity is underway in the countryside of Poland, Finland, and the Baltic States: bulldozers and diggers are constructing field defences. Anti ...

Despite being overshadowed by WW2, a few WW1 games like Verdun & Valiant Hearts capture the horrors & sacrifices of the war. Innovative WW1 titles like Ad Infinitum & The Great War: Western Front ...

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The Ukraine-Russia war that began in February 2022 led to a series of conflicts for various reasons in different parts of the world, including Israel, Gaza, Syria, Sudan and Myanmar, taking a huge ...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” on Feb. 24, 2022, University of Chicago Prof. Konstantin Sonin called the full-scale invasion of Ukraine “the end of ...

"I must say that the situation is changing dramatically," Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, declared at his end-of-year news conference in December. "There is movement along the entire front line.

Russian drone attack kills 2, injures 6, damages central bank building in Kyiv Russia has lost over 38,000 troops in Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says Ukraine has brought back 1,358 people from Russian ...