London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany. Residents share memories of their city, before its destruction in Russia's full-scale invasion.

The lessons to learn are: avoid war, and the drum-beating that precedes it. And avoid technocratic utopian groupthink; avoid ideologies masquerading as science. The Nazi Hunger Plan was devised by an ...

The car was rendered redundant by the Suez Crisis and the disruption caused to oil supplies. Meanwhile, Hungary was in full play. Thereafter, through Kenya and Cuba and the Congo and Czechoslovakia ...

A display of ceramic poppies will again go on show at the Tower of London, to "reflect on the lasting legacy of conflict" and mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. More than five ...

According to a poll conducted by Nettavisen, nearly half of respondents—49%—favoured the UK as Norway’s preferred supplier for its next-generation frigates, significantly ahead of the United States, ...

The WW2 RTS game has just received a serious upgrade, however, and you can check out how far it’s come right now thanks to a free weekend on Steam. If you like what you see, there’s even a 50% ...

THIS is the 660-pound bomb from World War II that brought Eurostar trains to and From Paris’ Gare du Nord to a chaotic halt. The massive explosive was found “in the middle of the tracks” by ...

Passengers have vented their frustrations after an undiscovered WW2 bomb forced Eurostar cancellations on Friday. Charlotte Kidd, from Bath, was hoping to get to Disneyland Paris to celebrate her ...

One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War 2 was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who vocally condemned Adolf Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of ...

Train services have restarted in Paris after authorities were able to safely dispose of a Second World War bomb found on tracks near the French capital. The discovery of the bomb led to Eurostar ...

Speaking to the BBC before the French transport minister confirmed the WW2 bomb had been defused, Lejeune says they thought it was the "better option" to cancel all 32 services between London and ...