In 1945, after three long years of war, the fight between the Allied forces and Japan over Burma finally ended. Japan was ...

Escape tools became prominent in December 1939 thanks to MI9, a new military intelligence branch of the British government.

Decades after it was taken, AI has helped name the Nazi in a Holocaust photograph long shrouded in mystery - and changed how we remember it.

It’s that time of the year when carved out pumpkins adorn window ledges and houses are decorated with all kinds of creatures of the night. Children dress up in scary costumes before heading towards ...

Join Jason Fox and Bruce Crompton in Sky HISTORY’s Battle Treasures as they explore rare military artefacts and the history ...

If there’s one constant about Nostradamus, it’s that he never quite leaves the conversation. Every year, fresh prophecies are dusted off and repackaged for the calendar ahead. 2025 was no exception.

30 April 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...

This guest article was written by Helen Carr, an award-nominated writer and historian specialising in British medieval history and public history. She is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical ...

John ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham was one of many infamous pirate captains who plundered the treasures of the Caribbean during the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’. His was a short but colourful career spanning just ...

The 6th June marks a significant day in world history. Just after midnight on 6th June 1944, the Allied forces invaded northern France, beginning the largest amphibious military operation in world ...

The UK has many church buildings, with some especially reputed for their hauntings. Here are several of those sites — and ...