July 10 marks the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. While it was far away from Australia, as a lad growing up in ...

A service to mark the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain has taken place at a cliff-top memorial in Kent. The first ...

July 10 has been a day marked by pivotal events that have shaped the course of history across the globe.One of the most impactful events to occur on July ...

Dublin-born John Hemingway was the final surviving member of 'The Few', who took to the skies in 1940 to defend the British ...

On July 10, 1940, during World War II, the Battle of Britain began as the German Luftwaffe launched attacks on southern England. (The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.) In 1509, theologian ...

The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air superiority over the RAF from July to September 1940. Their ultimate failure was one of the turning points of World War Two and ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

Marking 85 years since the Battle of Britain, this article explores the aerial commemorations, historic RAF sites, and the enduring legacy of the pilots and crews who defended Britain in its darkest ...

1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of ...

A PORTRAIT OF the last Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has been handed over at the National Museum of ...

Deadly skies: The bloody truth about the Battle of Britain 70 years on Rarely in history has a battle been so mythologised as the conflict that took place in the skies above southern England ...