“And it’s much more compelling to me to portray the British involvement during World War II because they were so much in the thick of things” she added. “There was a more immediate threat ...

The bridge's namesake and inventor, Sir Donald Bailey, was a British engineer working for the War Office, who developed the blueprints for this widely-reproduced bridge design in 1940-41.

With seven Oscar nominations and box office figures that made over four times its budget, British director Joe Wright's acclaimed World War 2 film was a major hit critically and commercially.

Both John Wayne and Sean Connery starred in several World War 2 movies over their incredible ... Meanwhile, a young Connery played British infantryman Private Flanagan and would shoot to fame ...

Within this tradition, World War II is a frequent subject of speculation ... commentary on 1979 itself as a tipping point in British history. The cold pragmatism of the new conservative government ...

A treasure trove of wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers has sold for more than three times their expected ...

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed ...

Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton British steam tanker HMS ... capturing a rare reminder of one of World War II’s least-known histories: when Nazi U ...

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ... to the Royal British Legion, the ...

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

These tiny portraits keep America's iconic leaders at our fingertips, their contributions to history forever stamped on our ...

A British man’s dream holiday to Dubai was ruined after he was refused entry because of his tattoos. Jordan Howman, 34, ...