For hundreds of years prior to the 20th century, war had changed very little with the improvements in weapon technology that ...

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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 ...

Few games truly captured the impact and importance of the first World War, but these titles managed to do the oft-forgotten ...

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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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 ...

Russian social media is running wild with images of an American M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) being captured by the Russian Army fighting in Ukraine. According to these Russian sources (take ...

What are the best WW1 games in 2025? It often seems that World War One games have gone out of fashion; the conflict’s slow, static grinding warfare, combined with its legacy of haunting sadness, make ...

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 successful is a ...

For three years, the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been embroiled in an armed conflict between the army and the M23 rebel group that has killed hundreds of people and ...