Michael Smuss helped smuggle supplies needed during the Jewish resistance against the Nazis; he shares how a series of 'lucky ...

A World War Two American fighter pilot has been surprised with a flight in a Mustang aeroplane 80 years to the day after he was shot down. Joe Peterburs was escorting United States Army Air Forces ...

They believed it was a pump, or part of the water supply. When he stumbled on it, the 48-year-old software engineer said: "I had a quick look at it, brushed it and thought 'this doesn't look like ...

tracing its roots to propaganda shared by the British government during World War II. According to Stolarczyk, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information popularized the carrot myth as part of ...

I collect albums but it must be signed personally from you. We love you guys. "Without Kraftwerk we would not find our own robot style, being on stage with the helmets, you know. And I love you ...

In need of combat engineers ... their helmets offering only so much protection and praying the next sound they heard would not be: Boom! A look at World War II anti-personnel mines.

In a bold move during the Cold War, British engineers developed a fighter jet that could take off vertically—the Harrier. Powered by the innovative Pegasus engine, the Harrier became the first ...

The plot is based on the real World War II British deception mission to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. In 1943, British intelligence planted false documents on a dead body ...

The government said it wanted to 'inspire the next generation of British engineers, brickies and chippies' in a bid to 'get Britain building' and increase growth. In the Spring Statement ...

A jurist in England scolded two members of the British Royal Air Force who damaged the bear, saying their actions “lacked respect and integrity.” By Michael Levenson It was shortly after 2 a.m ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The real Operation Mincemeat was a 1943 British deception operation helmed by intelligence officers Ewen Montagu and Charles ...