A half-ton World War II-era bomb found by workers near train tracks outside of Paris is disrupting train and road travel ...

A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...

The police successfully defused the explosive device, which weighs more than 1,000 pounds and was found near tracks north of ...

Over 170 World War II bombs were discovered last month at a children’s park in northeastern England during construction while the park was being renovated. According to reports, several workers ...

Now, discover the surprising origins of homing pigeons in World War II England from All Creatures Great and Small’s official historian, Dr. Mark Roodhouse of the University of York. As Siegfried ...

John B. Goodenough, a former soldier, was awarded the Nobel Prize for helping create the lithium-ion battery, used today in a ...

FOUR days of celebration will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, but will Brits get an extra day off? With military parades, a fly-past and star-studded concert, here's ...

In her obituary, Doreen Carista’s adult children wrote that their “beloved” mother’s life story “reads like a novel.” They ...

Paris' Gare du Nord, Europe's busiest train station, ground to a halt on Friday while an unexploded World War Two bomb was defused, causing the cancellation of all Eurostar trains for the day and huge ...

this series of short films offers a comprehensive overview of World War Two for primary schools. These short films are suitable for teaching history at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ...