Thousands of Palestinian Arabs volunteered to fight against Germany and Italy during World War II, serving alongside Jewish volunteers from Mandate Palestine.

American resistance to the Nazis had its roots the skills of Spanish Civil War veterans, who were recruited by the OSS when they returned from Spain.

The light management of forests in Normandy since WWII helped preserve the remains of German supply depots and other artifacts of war hidden in the woodlands.

In 1868 a group of female samurai took part in the fierce Battle of Aizu for the very soul of Japan.

The development of chemical warfare around the time of World War I led to the use of tear gas as a weapon by civilian police forces.

Horses and mules played a major role in the American Civil War. In the end, there were about twice as many dead equines as humans.