Australia tried to send a live platypus across U-boat-infested waters to Britain as a diplomatic gift. The mission, part ...

In the summer of 1945 a number of newspapers, including The Glasgow Herald (as was) confidently predicted that the Tories would win the ...

History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now finds himself in ...

Winston Churchill's irritation at the lack of a "wonder drug" to treat casualties of the D-Day landings have been laid bare in new documents.

AN ISLE of Wight artist who had a near-death experience on the other side of the world has seen her spectacular oil painting ...

President Donald Trump ignored Britain's contribution as he claimed the United States 'won World War II. While responding to a question about his military parade on Flag Day, he began recounting ...

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Attempts to produce substantial quantities of medicine from the bacteria-killing mould had not been achieved by the start of the Second World War. Then prime minister Sir Winston Churchill became ...

The alliance that came together to win World War II was born out of terrible necessity. The compromises it required would ...

As the war progressed, Churchill sought to delay the invasion of Nazi-occupied France for as long as possible, fearful of a second Gallipoli. But, as pressure from the US and USSR grew, the date ...