When Michael Collins ordered the mass assassination of British intelligence agents, it was the "gamble of all gambles" that became the tipping point in the War of Independence ...

Edward III of England was forced to recognise Bruce's kingship and Scotland's independence. The war was won. Bruce retired to his house in Cardross near Loch Lomond and died a year later.

It was a hard-fought independence — the day after the declaration, a coalition of Arab armies attacked and started what Israel calls its War of Independence. Israel emerged victorious ...

On behalf of the Government, Col. Yosef Nevo, military commander of Jerusalem, awarded to Hadassah the "Standard of the War of Independence," an honor never before given to any institution but ...

Exhibition celebrates centenary of Sean Keating’s pieces ‘Men of the South’ and ‘An IRA Column 1921’ and the story behind these works Descendents of the men featured in Seán Keating's ...

Quezon was elected president of the new commonwealth. World War II interrupted the transition to independence. Within minutes of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 ...

The Truce that brought the War of Independence to an end in July 1921 resulted in jubilation, consternation and suspicion. Although welcomed by the public, it was clear to many Irish republicans ...

In 1940, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (PGK) organized the Korean Liberation Army in Chungqing, integrating many scattered volunteer independence armies and militias in Manchuria ...