During the Second Punic War, which lasted from 218 to 201 B.C., the Carthaginian general Hannibal led his army of 100,000 troops across the Alps. Included in his ranks were 40 war elephants ...

Before he was the refined cannibal with a taste for Chianti and human liver, Hannibal Lecter was just a boy one born into ...

For nearly two decades, military censorship kept the directive, also known as the Hannibal Procedure or Hannibal ... has become a defining aspect of the war. Their welfare has been named as ...

Plans for the bridge and overtures to the railroad company started in the 1850s but were put on hold until after the Civil War. The Hannibal Bridge under construction on Feb. 13, 1868. The Kansas ...

Dozens of Palestinians were killed in the Israeli bombardment that followed, sparking accusations of war crimes against the Israeli army. But to Shaul, the Hannibal Directive made sense as a ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — It has been 79 years since Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. D-Day — June 6, 1944 — would be the largest amphibious invasion in military history. An ...

The Hannibal Directive is just one more reminder ... Unintended harm is a legitimate risk of war, but we should never purposely target our comrades – civilians and soldiers alike.

The film covers the pivotal battles he led against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.” Hannibal gained notoriety for his audacious invasion of Italy, where he commanded a North ...