“I ran into the living room and I said ‘there’s a war, there’s a war on’. I was quite excited,” said Ruth, now 98. “I had no idea of the horror in my mother’s face, because she had been a nurse in the ...

As time marches relentlessly forward and the anniversary of VE Day approaches, fewer and fewer survivors of the Second World ...

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

On the night of April 10, 1942, a massive explosion shattered the calm at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as the SS Gulfamerica, ...

While he may be remembered today as a political leader, in his youth, Biju Patnaik was a fine aviator who flew British ...

On May 3, 1945, one of the greatest and most silenced maritime tragedies of the 20th century unfolded in the Bay of Lübeck in ...

Nikolai Shishkin was 19 years old when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. In 1940, after finishing school, he was called ...

Whether in factories, the fields or in uniform in a multitude of roles previously reserved for men, historian Helen Fry ...

The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, commonly known as the “Six Triple Eight,” will be ...

German spy agency BND can keep its findings about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic confidential, according to a court ruling announced on Tuesday. “Disclosing information could have ...

Learn more. In April 1945, New England’s worst naval disaster of World War II took place just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths ...

UK investigators have taken the fight against small boat smugglers to Germany in a bid to stop essential maritime equipment ending up in the hands of the ruthless gangs. The National Crime Agency ...