During the Falklands War in 1982, the British destroyer HMS Sheffield faced a devastating attack from Argentine aircraft. Despite warnings, the ship failed to take defensive action and was struck by ...

08:52, Mon, Sep 1, 2025 Updated: 12:16, Mon, Sep 1, 2025 Argentina had plans to "disappear" hundreds of British citizens the day before the Falklands War, shocking CIA documents have revealed.

Argentina planned to massacre hundreds of British and American citizens living in the country on the eve of the Falklands War, according to newly discovered CIA documents. The declassified papers ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel is a bold attempt to trace the history of a single Swedish-built barge and use it ...

In an April 1976 interview, Gen. George S. Brown, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sarcastically dismissed the British military, stating, “All they’ve got are generals, admirals and ...

In an April 1976 interview, Gen. George S. Brown, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sarcastically dismissed the British military, stating, “All they’ve got are generals, admirals and ...

Cdr John McGregor, engineer in HMS Fearless who led bomb disposal operations in Falklands War It was perilous work, and a bomb disposal officer’s reassurance – “If it blows up, you won’t feel a thing!

Channel 5 has staged a “trial” that puts the Duke of York in the dock. Not literally, of course – although he couldn’t give any worse an account of himself than he did on Newsnight in 2019. But two ...

The legacy of the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan is one of compounding whole-of-government failure. The fourth Anglo-Afghan conflict (2001-21) is a dark period in British military history which is ...