The legend of Jasper Maskelyne, a British stage magician who helped hide Allied military installations during World War II, has likely been embellished beyond his actual accomplishments.

Woodstock, who has died aged 108, served with an anti-aircraft (AA) mobile radar unit in World War II and was believed to have been the oldest surviving veteran of the British army. In the early part ...

Operation Cowboy stands as one of only two documented occasions during World War II when U.S. and Wehrmacht forces fought ...

A World War Two veteran who fought in Normandy as a teenager before becoming a prisoner of war has died at the age of 100, a ...

The experience at battle solidified Howard Buford’s approach to life. ‘I don’t carry grudges around. I don’t carry anger around.” ...

Defence giants are drawing battle lines as Germany rearms, with the old guard arguing for traditional heavy weaponry while ...

When a crumbling bridge over the Salt River near Alpine was failing, engineers turned to an “Erector Set” concept invented ...

Ukraine sees the future of naval warfare. The White House doesn’t.

Peter Kindred grew up in a farmhouse stuffed with World War Two arms and explosives. His father's Home Guard uniform was ...

In the midst of the Falklands War, British sailors hunting for ARA San Luis launched ordnance at the sonar and radar signals ...

On14, Taliban militants attacked a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing more than 140 people, mostly children.

The Rutland Savings Bank suggested people contribute to the war effort by making an unusual holiday purchase: “You send Hitler or Hirohito a bomb with your compliments when you buy a War Bond." ...