Torture objects used in the 1500s and 1600s, like this thumbscrew, are included in the Royal Armouries Collection ... from flying too far). Through World War I, then the relentless Nazi bombing ...

His first exposure to warfare was as part of the 2/11th Battalion, in the Battle of Bardia in January 1941, which was the first battle fought by Australian troops in World War II. By May of that ...

The £2 coin was originally released by the Royal Mint in 2014 to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War. It features the face of Lord Kitchener, the face on the "Your Country Needs ...

BRITAIN will return to full “war-fighting readiness” in the biggest military shake-up since World War Two ... to increase spending on defence to 2.5 per cent of GDP after Donald Trump's ...

Invariably, the city of Portsmouth, being the home of the Royal Navy, possesses strong links with the Second World War - and likewise so does the football club, with players Tommy Rowe and Len ...

Seymour Junior was the only current Magpie to be killed in action during World War 2 and represented the club ... Docking served with the Royal Air Force but died in Newcastle’s RVI of ...

The nation will remember those who fell in battle as this year's VE Day marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Did you know ... as a bombardier in the Royal Artillery.

OTTAWA — After the Second World War came ... Members of the Dutch royal family took refuge in Ottawa. Princess Margriet was born there in 1943, prompting the Netherlands to send an annual gift of ...

a courageous WWII heroine who made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom (Royal Mail) Stamps honouring those who made extraordinary contrbutions to World War 2 And as a tribute the Royal ...

(AP Photo/Pete Carroll, File) A vast crowd assembled in front of Buckingham Palace, London, on V-E Day, May 8, 1945, cheers the Royal Family as they come out on the balcony, centre, minutes after the ...

The point they are missing is that Ukraine is now leading the world and winning the latest cutting-edge phase – the drone war. Misled by ... on 14 Challenger 2 tanks sent to Ukraine in the ...

The royal was seen talking to his seven-year-old brother during an event at Buckingham Palace, marking the 80th anniversary of the formal end of World War II ... wore Army No.2 Service Dress ...