Restoration of an old rusty flask from the First World War. I found this old rusty military flask on a WW1 battlefield. The flask was in terrible condition. The bottle was very rusty and damaged. I ...

President Wilson signed the Selective Service Act of 1917 by which the United States raised an army for service in Europe ...

The origins of Memorial Day date back to the post-Civil War era, when communities held springtime tributes to fallen soldiers ...

The Vulcan’s “Black Buck” missions in the Falklands War were among the most complex and logistically demanding in RAF history, pushing the aging bombers and their crews to their limits.

Why would the Germans, who, during World War I, pioneered strategic bombing, U-boat attacks on commercial shipping, and ...

Memorial Day originally was known as “Decoration Day.” This day was set aside after the Civil War to decorate the graves of ...

The remains of a British soldier killed fighting in WW1 have been laid to rest – 108 years after his death. Private John Tame ...

An appreciative crowd watched the War Memorial Clock Tower centenary service in Amble Town Square on 10 May. The event also ...

Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, marks the moment on May 8, 1945, when the Second World War came to an end in Europe as Nazi Germany ...

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Harris remembered her grandfather, who built their air raid shelter, shouting for them to stop watching planes fighting above them.