An early 20th-century postage stamp was a clear marker of national identity. In Ireland, which was then part of the United ...

The doughboys hated British chow (not to mention drinking tea instead of coffee). They got along better with the Australians, ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

Few people know that the First World War sparked just because of a 'wrong turn'. While, this fact might look exaggerated, but ...

Historically, empires have gone to great lengths to secure potash, a mineral critical to agricultural production.

Nazi Germany overran France and forced the British army to evacuate at Dunkirk. Severely lacking in military equipment, Britain and her empire now stood alone against Adolf Hitler's forces.