You can be victorious with vowels. This interactive game matches long and short vowel words and pictures. Master all three levels.

A collection of letters and interviews of soldiers as the relate and recall their feelings on VE day.

World War I was not fought by Americans just in Europe. Read about the many ways people at home helped the war effort. See how badly German-Americans were treated as anti-German passions were fueled.

Read a description of the relatively minor Battle of Ball's Bluff and find out the political ramifications of the battle. Included is a battle map.

The stories behind patriotic songs that have become part of American musical culture, such as "Anchors Away," "Over There," "U.S. Air Force Song," and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again." Drill into the site to find lyrics, listen to...

BBC News provides a descriptive profile of the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein (dated January 2001). Content includes an examination of his rise to power, his autocratic style of leadership, his two judgement errors of invading Iran in...

Map shows the Battle of Dunbar, 3rd September 1650, during the Third English Civil War. The battle was fought between the English Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell and the Scottish Covenanters under David Leslie. The battle was a...

A map of the Battle of Naseby on 14 June, 1645, near Broad Moore in Northamptonshire, England during the First English Civil War (1642-1646). The battle, between the Royalist army under King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model...

A map of the Battle of Dunbar on September 3rd, 1650, in Scotland during the Third English Civil War (1649-1651). The battle, between the English Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell and the Scottish Covenanters army under David...

Site of Battle of Camden, British victory in 1780.

Site of the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, the first significant American military victory of the American Revolutionary War.

NPR has tracked the Palestinian election of January, 2006: the results and the possible ramifications of the Hamas victory.

An athletic game, in which all the powers of the fighter were called into action. The pancratium was one of the games or gymnastic contests which were exhibited at all the great festivals of Greece; it consisted of boxing and wrestling,...

In this cover art, see an example of how the Texas-based women's magazine "Holland" encouraged women to work as part of the war effort during the Great War.