Driven by unprecedented times, scientists and engineers forged technological breakthroughs amidst the flames of war.

In May 1945, nearly 5 years after his capture, Corporal Jack Soden arrived back to his home in High Wycombe. At that time his family were living at 224 Desborough Road. With him he had his “War-time ...

From colonial America to the recent war in Iraq, Army stories have captured movie audiences for nearly a century; influencing ...

The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, belonging to Norway, is famous for being home to the Global Seed Vault and for having ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

A udiences can't get enough of the war genre these days. Some other genres are perhaps more profitable and praised, but this ...

Joan Mabel Harrison served in the British Army’s women’s branch during World War II and stands out in ... Born in Portsmouth, Joan spent her early years in the city and attended Copnor Road ...

The British chief prosecutor of the International ... Karim Khan KC, the controversial barrister bringing a war crimes case against Israel, is said to have spent more than five months pressuring ...

Of the 56 countries that made up the British Empire 100 years ago, its sovereign King George V visited just one of them. “How is the Empire?” he’d often ask his advisors – but their ...

Trains to and from Paris were heavily disrupted following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb early on Friday near the world’s third-busiest train station. Almost 500 trains were ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are ...

Paris — Eurostar trains to and from London and other trains heading northward from Paris were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded bomb dating back to World War II ...