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Evolution of British Army Uniforms

From redcoats to camouflage, the evolution of British military uniforms tells the story of changing tactics, technology, and global conflict. In this video, we trace the transformation of British ...
The duke penned a personal piece ahead of Remembrance Day in which he describes the privilege of serving alongside men and ...
From abandoned hospitals to haunted cemeteries, we take you to the hidden world of dark tourism in Singapore ...
UK Honours typically celebrate the contribution of well-known personalities, government employees and ordinary people who ...
Dr Daniel Cowling, Senior Historian at the National Army Museum, traces the battles that continued long after VJ Day was ...
Former vice president Dick Cheney, who recast an understudy’s job into an engine of White House power, becoming chief ...
An exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum offers a welcome corrective to the nostalgia for empire common among Britain’s ...
TODAY is Monday, October 7, the 280th day of 2013. There are 85 days left in the year. 1571 - A combined Austrian, Genoese and Venetian fleet decisively defeats the Turks off Lepanto, Greece. The ...
THE woman at the helm of a top North Yorkshire school is set to take part in London’s Remembrance Parade. Harrogate Ladies’ College principal Joanna Fox is a former British Army nursing officer and ...
Sussex has a long history of riot and rebellion, from medieval peasant revolts to street fights between fascists and their ...
Cheney - the VP under President Bush from 2001 to 2009 - died from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular ...
Dick Cheney, who became one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history as George W Bush's number two during 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, died Monday. He was 84. Also: Sudan's ...