The Second World War saw no shortage of innovation as the world's nations embarked on the largest conflict in human history.

Image: public domain London was both an integral cog in the Allies' Second World War victory, and a prime target — battered by some 20,000 bombs during the Blitz alone. If you're looking to ...

The US ambassador to Ireland during the second World War David Gray was a frequent thorn in the flesh of the Irish government ...

I just did what I was told to do, but I had three stripes. I was a sergeant, so I had some liberty,' jokes Aldo Diotallevi, ...

The Austrian-born architect won a national design contest with his vision for a classically inspired plaza on the Mall.

The structures were built in the early years of The Emergency to defend against potential invasion. Now it is planned to preserve two of them in situ and house two more in a museum Mayor of ...

A Royal Navy veteran who fought in Burma during the Second World War has been surprised for his 100th birthday by representatives of the King and the military. Captain Walter Godsal now lives at ...

which fought in the Second World War. The battalion was raised in 1939 and consisted entirely of volunteers. Recruiting officers worked closely with tribal authorities but initially most of the ...

A painting of 'The Donkey who Saved Christmas' in Shrewsbury during the Second World War has been rediscovered - just in time ...