On Dec. 19, 1941, in the pre-dawn darkness, six Italian commandos slipped into Alexandria harbor in Egypt. British troops and sailors had spotted an Italian reconnaissance plane days earlier, and ...

Every morning over breakfast in early 1942, the infamous German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel received a classified intelligence briefing. The reports detailed British troop positions, supply routes, ...

From the skies, seas, and shadows of World War II, three British warriors redefined the art of combat against the Axis powers. RAF ace Johnnie Johnson dominated the air war over Europe, mastering the ...

The dominance Western countries like the United Kingdom have enjoyed for decades in the Atlantic Ocean is under threat from Russia, the head of the British Navy has said. The British government has ...