With a World Cup looming on the horizon, we take a look at the players from the years gone by that competed for the biggest prize in football while playing for Derby ...

It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards. The thieves exited as they entered, through a window, fleeing with nearly all ...

The strangest war memorial in Sussex has to be in Newtimber Church, St. John the Evangelist, located just north of Saddlescombe and the Devil’s Dyke. It takes the form of a bough from a South African ...

The French 75 is an undeniably popular cocktail choice, but this iconic beverage has a surprisingly dark story behind its ...

With fire streaming from his engine and the right wing half enveloped in flames, Lindsey led the formation to drop their ...

The Battle of Britain ended 85 years ago today—closing a months-long air war with clear parallels to the ongoing fight in the skies over Ukraine.

While most involuntary airport residents long to leave their temporary home, there are some who have voluntarily attempted to make an airport their long-term abode. Major airports in both the United ...

Ordinary Belgians helped liberate their country from the Germans in both world wars. Now their extraordinary courage has been revealed in a new account ...

Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the ...

In July 1940, Britain launched a devastating surprise attack on its former ally’s navy, killing over a thousand French ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the Louvre heist as the stolen jewels, worth more than $100 million, ...