Battle of Britain pilot at 100 ... or “channel battle”, and the defence of British shipping from Luftwaffe attack. On August 18th 1940, a date remembered in RAF circles as ‘The Hardest ...

After the invasion and defeat of France in June 1940, Hitler turned his attention to the invasion of Britain, the last country in Western Europe to stand against him. Photo: Hitler giving his 'Last ...

In the United Kingdom, the army enjoys the prestige acquired during the two world wars, but it is concerned about the  threat ...

German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. Led by Hermann Goering, it became the largest and most powerful in Europe by the start of World War ...

And when World War II erupted in earnest in September 1939, the Stuka spearheaded Germany’s Blitzkrieg into Poland, France, ...

WWII is remembered as the worst struggle in human history, concluding with Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945. But what if Hitler ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

World War II hero, RAF flyer. Born Dublin, July 17, 1919; died Dublin, March 17, aged 105. The Few are no more. The last of ...

The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...

Britain’s second-largest city has declared a “major incident” after a sanitation worker strike left over 17,000 tons of uncollected garbage on the curbside. “It’s regrettable that we ...

New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain became part of the Roman Empire, it was part of an extraordinary Mediterranean-based trading network.