The Battle of Navarino, one of the most important battles in Greece’s War of Independence, took place on October 20, 1827.

The Greek Civil War ends in 1949—in fire, blood, and betrayal. This episode explores how the Communist Democratic Army was ...

The historian Professor Mary Vincent focuses on the Spanish Civil War and has written about fascism, political violence and its impact on the people. She sees both similarities and stark differences ...

The Greek flag flies prominently outside the Korean War Memorial in South Korea’s bustling capital. Inside the huge complex, video screens list the Greek soldiers who gave their lives as part of the ...

Ever since Poet Homer gave the lowdown on Ulysses, wily has been the word for Greeks. The Greek syndicates of gamblers; the late Sir Basil Zaharoff, merchant of death; tens of thousands of Greek ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the ...

“After twelve days of what has undoubtedly been the fiercest fighting in this war, it was decided to withdraw our forces from Crete. . . . Some 15,000 [of our] troops have been withdrawn to Egypt but ...