Many royal family members, like Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward, served in the military.

Once the partition of Palestine was approved by the United Nations on November 29, 1947, the violence against the Jews intensified. The equivalent of a Red Cross medical convoy comprised of non-combat ...

In 1944, during the last major German offensive - the Battle of the Bulge, German troops famously disguised themselves as Allied soldiers. Less well-known are the exploits of a special unit that ...

From 27 March BBC account holders across the UK will start to receive an online questionnaire to help identify what they want from the BBC now, and what they want from it in the future ...

A woman who was the last known female survivor of a World War Two campaign has died at the age of 100. Cicely Ball, who lived in Rustingdon, died at home on April 5. Cicely was born in Ootacamund, ...