Before the war had started, Britain had a small professional army, sacrificing manpower for superior mobility and technology ...

In the years leading up to the start of the Second World War, Britain’s empire extended to every continent on Earth. As such, ...

A memorial dedicated to 12 people who died and 102 who were injured in a World War Two munitions explosion in North Yorkshire ...

In the summer of 1940 – after Hitler swept through France and drove the British army out of the European ... a Battle of Britain dogfight in action. WW2: Did the war change life for women?

The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...

To this day, Stevens, who went on to become Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and is now a Lord, believes a covert unit of the British Army called the Force Research Unit (FRU) burnt his ...

German military success continues as they reach ... was the German bombing campaign that lasted eight months and targeted 16 British cities. WW2: Countdown to Hiroshima: The bomb that changed ...

During World War II, some armies—the British Army, in particular—bolted metal spans to the top of tank chassis and used the resulting “funnies” to rapidly erect bridges across vehicle ...

which have benefited from their location in a fortified basement that housed a British government command center throughout World War II. A colleague and I recently took an audio tour of the spots ...

As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army promised them personal liberty. The British actively recruited slaves belonging to Patriot masters ...