Eighty years ago today, the Varkiza Agreement was signed in an attempt to restore peace in Greece after the December 1944 Dekemvriana clashes. The accord promised democratic reforms, civil liberties, ...

While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

Detonating a grenade under the chin rather than being captured. Using a fellow soldier to lure out attack drones. Removing body armor plates and helmets to enable faster attacks on foot.

The Balkan Wars (1912-1913) proved that the Megali Idea—the nationalist concept and goal to expand the Greek state to include all ethnic Greeks and historically Greek territories—was a tangible dream.

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in a black bag in the college town of Thessaloniki and turned it in to police on Saturday evening, Greek authorities said in a statement Wednesday.

A Ukrainian soldier says his unit captured a North Korean soldier in Russia's western region of Kursk and the prisoner apparently tried to kill himself. The Ukrainian, who referred to himself by ...

A 32-year-old Greek national found the statue on Jan. 18 in a black bag near the trash bins. The statue, believed to be from the Hellenistic period, is currently being held by authorities for ...

A Russian soldier who was "killed by Ukrainian tank fire" stunned morgue staff by climbing out of his black body bag. Igor Kononenko, 37 has recalled the moment a duty guard promptly fainted ...

Donnie MacRae was captured during the Battle of St Valery in France in 1940 (Representational) A soldier, who died as a German prisoner of war in 1941, was buried without his brain, a fact his ...

A surrendering North Korean soldier risked his life by refusing to drop his sausage at gunpoint, according to the Ukrainian paratroopers who captured him. A detailed video account, published by ...

It is not quite as male-dominated an organisation, there are lots of female soldiers. Some army jobs require no GCSEs... while some require the standard two (English and maths), and some you may ...