July 1, 1916—the first day of the Battle of the Somme became the bloodiest day in British military history. Over 57,000 soldiers were lost in mere hours, in a battle that was both a disaster and a ...

Hayden Island has borne several names. For four decades, it was best known for the Jantzen Beach amusement park. Today, a spread-out shopping center and residential neighborhood inhabit the same sandy ...

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On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established a naval force, hoping that a small fleet of privateers could attack British commerce and offset British sea power. Get up-to-date Navy ...

In this second volume of his British naval history, Rodger takes the story from the time of the Commonwealth through to the end of the Napoleonic era. Like a well-run battleship, the book is ...

In 1950, the Pirano family embarked on a daring 4,500-mile drive from Cape Girardeau to Fairbanks, Alaska, enduring extreme ...

President Donald Trump has launched his second bid to oust all transgender troops from the military ... drones have been spotted again over three British air bases used by the U.S. Air Force ...

Support for this article was provided by the British Library’s Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania Phil Davies ...

Cliff Brown died last month aged 98 at his home in Swanage, Dorset. He was laid to rest today at St Mary's Church in his ...

British intelligence begins to suspect there's more to Marianne than they ever knew. Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) signs up for the U.S. Navy but comes in with a terrible attitude. He soon signs up ...