Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

In January 1945 the end of the Second World War looked hopeful, but was by no means guaranteed as the Nazis continued to ...

A Royal Canadian Navy base in London, Ont., has built a national memorial paying homage to the sailors and air force ...

Nazi Germany overran France and forced the British army to evacuate at Dunkirk. Severely lacking in military equipment, Britain and her empire now stood alone against Adolf Hitler's forces.

Essentially, the Battle of Britain might be portrayed as a “David ... However, when Churchill came to write his fourth volume of the history of the Second World War, he called it The Hinge ...

The remarkable aircraft, a key figure in Second World War history, will soar over Accrington in tribute ... we'll never forget Dakota ZA947 remains an integral part of the Battle of Britain Memorial ...

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

From The History Podcast, this is Invisible Hands with David Dimbleby. The story of a hidden force that changed Britain ...

The event is organised in collaboration with Exmouth Museum and Heritage Centre and the Battle of Britain Project. Historians and model-makers Chris Wiseman, Jerry Bird, and Domonic Pound will lead ...

Americans might love Cinco de Mayo, but few know what they’re celebrating Mexicans representing indigenous soldiers and the ...

In his most inspiring wartime speech in August 1940, Winston Churchill declared that if Britain prevailed in her epic quest ...