Published 75 years ago, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" tells the story of four children who are evacuated from London ...

This is the story of the famous dogfight between Adolph "Sailor" Malan and Werner Molders - two of the best aces in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. This dogfight ...

In 1940, in the Mediterranean theater of World War II—the Battle of the Strait of Otranto took place. As a diversionary action during the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy ambushed the Italian Royal ...

It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most ...

There are in Europe a few rara avis territories whose current status is the result of historical peculiarities. One of them ...

Described as a 'home for a wannabe Bond villain', it certainly looks the part. But after a year on the market with a price tag of £1.7million, Bunker Six Eighty One has not yet attracted a buyer.

During the lesser-known 1943 Sobibor Uprising, several hundred Jews fled into the forests of Poland, where many were tracked ...

China had been invaded by Japan in 1931—the first sign of war—and 1937. And the United States did not get active. And finally ...

There's no shortage of great epic movies set during World War II, as classics like Saving Private Ryan, Das Boot, and The ...

Photos have a way of immortalizing history in its rawest form, capturing the feelings, hardships, and victories in ways words ...

Moving tributes have been paid to a Doncaster D-Day veteran at his funeral following his death at the age of 105.

In “The Wounded Generation” and “1942,” the historians David Nasaw and Peter Fritzsche show how civilians struggled with the ...