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Wikimedia Commons/John Steeple Davis Fort Ticonderoga’s Bloodless Capture Fort Ticonderoga guarded key water routes between ...
In the years leading up to the start of the Second World War, Britain’s empire extended to every continent on Earth. As such, British forces fought in every theatre of the conflict alongside ...
Here’s why some historians argue she was Britain’s first Black queen—and what we know for sure about her life with King George III.
The BBC and other British media reported that a British Army soldier was accused of rape. “We can confirm the arrest of a Service person in Kenya,” the defense ministry said in a statement.
Britain's defense ministry says a member of the armed forces has been arrested in Kenya and U.K. military police are investigating. The BBC and other British media reported that a British Army ...
From the Revolutionary War to today’s conflicts, Black soldiers have bravely served in America’s military, fighting for freedoms they often couldn’t enjoy themselves. Memorial Day gives us a ...
Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are being warned about so-called "black widows" -- women who seduce and marry them with the aim of collecting their military death benefits.
Hannay and Arbuthnot went undercover into the Ottoman Empire to thwart German plans (the Ottomans were allied to the Central Powers) to foment rebellion in Muslim lands against their British ...
The story of a Black Revolutionary War hero who took on an entire British platoon lives on The role of Billy Flora, of Portsmouth, in this pivotal victory — and the erosion later of progress ...
“The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the scope and power of the nation and its occupied territories.