During the Second World War it was a training base for army soldiers to learn to fly following large RAF losses in the Battle of Britain. Old Sarum Airfield was commissioned in 1917 and is one of ...

A fire service has issued a chemical warning after a blaze broke out at a Grade II*-listed World War One airfield. Dorset and Wiltshire ... ahead for up to 315 homes to be built there following a ...

The cruiser ‘Konigsberg’ was sunk by the British in the Battle of Rufiji Delta on July 11, 1915. Dar es Salaam. Six key World War 1 battles were fought on African soil, according to the History ...

A battered diary from World War I was just found in a barn in England. It recounts the horrific Battle of the Somme, the ...

World War One trenches have been brought to life for ... Read more: Swindon's Boom Battle Bar in Regent Circus remains closed The interactive day of learning was organised by Time Travel ...

This included fragments of shells and first aid equipment, such as the Thomas splint, which significantly reduced the mortality rate of soldiers with fractures during the war. Read more: Swindon's ...

“They drafted me and I went to Fort Snelling,” said World War II Veteran, Herman Kulla. Kulla is a Marine who fought in Guam and in the Battle of ... Jean was a nurse. “One thing led to ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles.

With the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Berlin and end of the Second World War in Europe ... described this battle as “one of the most difficult of the war”. After the decisive battle ...

While most Americans may not focus their attention on World War I until ... Over the course of the war, some 1.25 million men were killed and wounded in the Verdun sector. The town itself never ...

Gen. (ret.) Chuck Jacoby, who capped a 37-year Army career as commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U ...