Between the 1950s and 1970s, the UK sparred with Iceland over fishing rights in the North Atlantic, in what became known in the British press as the "Cod Wars". The Icelandic ex-fishermen visited ...

but now they faced a popular insurgency as well as a well-trained Anglo-Portuguese army led by British general Lord Wellington. The Peninsular War, as it became known, became Napoleon's 'bleeding ...

where his Anglo-Portuguese army met Marshal Marmont's French army in one of the most decisive clashes of the Peninsular War. Mike Myers hilariously proves his Canadian credentials in viral video ...

Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he wants to have negotiations over access to the sea Landlocked Ethiopia has no intention of starting a war with neighbouring Eritrea in order to gain ...

“Obviously, if we get involved in a general war with Russia, we’ll be conscripting the population – there’s no question about that.” However, former British Military Intelligence Colonel Philip Ingram ...

These were promptly met by Irish retaliation on British goods including coal and steel. A trade war ensued – and lasted in some form for almost six years. As with Trump today, raising tariffs is ...

So, Perry Miniatures being who they are, they got a whole bunch of new miniatures sculpted up to represent the Hamburg City Guard at Wilhelmsburg who were all done up in British uniforms to ... and ...

Brits have been warned they would be conscripted should war ever break out with Russia ... 138,00 personnel with about 75,000 being enlisted in the British Army. Former British Army officer ...