More than 80 years ago, a war film was released that fans still to this day hail as "the best British war movie ever made", ...

Penning his memoirs, Field Marshal Montgomery, commander of Allied ground forces on D-Day, highlighted the importance to military efficiency of effective care for the wounded and sick. “The good ...

America’s struggle for independence from Britain was supported by some highly influential thinkers in 18th-century Britain.

Nick Bunker is the author of “An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for history in 2015. 5 min ...

Britain has been part of a lot of wars throughout history, most of which were in the name of expanding the kingdom to all regions of the world, which is not exactly a noble crusade by today's ...

Since 1960, when it ended 21 years of conscription, Britain’s government has aimed to create a highly trained, professional fighting force to meet its worldwide strategic commitments. With full ...

Joseph Patrick Kennedy, 50, father of nine and normally cheerful, flew from Cannes to London one day last week brimming over with gloom which had been gathering inside him for more than a year. As the ...