The USS New Orleans was one of three heavy carriers that was damaged in an attack by the Japanese. It was hit by a 'Long Lance' torpedo, killing 183 sailors.
William 'Bill' Darnell, who lived all his life in Hull, East Yorkshire, was supposed to be laid to rest by a niece, who was his last surviving relative, but she tragically died two months before he d…
In northern Luzon, Philippines, over 2,000 devotees dressed in mud and banana leaves walked to a church praying for world peace, honoring a WWII miracle.
'It's a once-in-a-lifetime discovery - not just for collectors, but for the sake of preserving the story of one of the greatest minds in history,' Jim Spencer, of Rare Books Auctions of Lichfield, St…
Among those which the German 'Bond Club' claims was based on a real person is Moonraker villain Hugo Drax, who is depicted in Fleming's novel as a crazed Nazi bent on revenge.
Seven years ago, 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire. It was Britain's worst residential fire since WWII. MailOnline's immersive storytelling lays bare what happened that terrible night...
Roy Cadman landed at Sword Beach at Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was part of the relieving force for Major John Howard's 6th Airborne Division paratroopers who had seized the bridge.