Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Behind the scenes at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, key countries and ...

During the Second World War, Britain held funerals for enemy servicemen with swastika flags. This is how respect for the dead ...

Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied ...

China’s second-in-command sounded his nation’s oft-repeated alarm against aggressive and unilateral action in global politics ...

Most of the World War II movies that won Best Picture at the Oscars hold up, like Casablanca and Schindler's List, but which is the best overall?

Israeli forces are pressing their offensive in Gaza, with at least 16 Palestinians reported killed across the strip as the ...

At a former weapons dump site in the Baltic Sea, scientists found more creatures living on top of warheads than in the ...

A Shropshire Second World War soldier who died from injuries sustained in the evacuation to Dunkirk has been honoured for his service - 80 years later.

The war needs to end for the nearly 50 Israeli hostages whom Hamas is still holding in Gaza. Those who remain alive are being ...

Few conflicts in history can claim to have reshaped the world like the Second World War and as such it continues to inspire study and debate from academics down to the ordinary person in the street.

Lights, camera, historical action! Join us as we explore the war films that got history right. From the brutal realities of ...