Britain’s greatest ever naval hero proved conclusively that Britannia rules the waves… and died in the process, writes Eliot ...

Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who, after rising to power during the French Revolution, carried out a ...

AS NAZI bombs rained down on enemy nations, officials in Britain’s strategic territory of Gibraltar knew they had to act fast ...

The oldest city in Mississippi was founded in 1716. That makes it older than the founding of the United States of America.

The Panzer tank family was at the heart of German operations throughout World War 2. The term “Panzer” refers to a series of ...

A long-lost diary from a Chinese officer is shedding light on a lesser-known part of D-Day history. Found by urban explorers ...

On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...

The Revolutionary War began 250 years ago this year, but it would not be until over six years later, for all intents and purposes, that it came to an end with a victory over the British at Yorktown, ...

It has not been an unmitigated disaster. European and Arab states have rallied behind a British blueprint to revive the ...

But this year, not so much. Primarily driven by President Donald Trump's recurring, possibly joking comments about annexing ...

On Oct. 16, 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the ...

OUISTREHAM, France (AP) — The captain of the giant Royal Navy battleship called his officers together to give them a first ...