Sunken British Submarine Found Off the Coast of Denmark
On April 10, 1940, British submarine HMS Tarpon and its crew of 50 were sent to Norway to intercept Nazi merchant…
Long-Lost Remains Of Richard III Will Be Reinterred This Week
It's been nearly three years since Richard III's remains were discovered beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England…
Discovery Of 8,000-Year-Old Wheat Could Rewrite Ancient British History
A DNA analysis of wheat found in an ancient peat bog suggests early Britons were more commercially sophisticated than…
An Ancient Site Discovered At Stonehenge Could Thwart Tunnel Plans
Archaeologists working at Stonehenge have found the oldest-known Mesolithic encampment in the United Kingdom. The…
The "Madness" Of King George III Shines Through In This Crazy Plan
Researchers at the British Library have inadvertently stumbled upon what appears to be an "eccentric" architectural…
Was Britain's WWI Blockade The First Atrocity Of The 20th Century?
From 1914 to 1919, the Allied powers restricted the maritime supply of raw materials and foodstuffs to the Central…
The Shocking News That Greeted The World 75 Years Ago Today
It was on this day in 1939 that Great Britain declared War on Germany, a momentous decision that was reached just two…
Oil worker finds a nearly intact WWII-era Kittyhawk deep in the Sahara
A Polish oil worker out on a survey in the Sahara Desert recently stumbled upon this incredibly well-preserved Curtiss…
Could the Nazis have starved Britain into submission?
At the dawn of the Second World War, the island nation of Britain faced the grim possibility that it might be starved…
Newly declassified docs reveal Queen's secret 1983 nuclear war speech
During the early 1980s, as the Cold War heated up, British officials drafted a stirring speech for Queen Elizabeth in…
Doctor Who: Revolutionary Or Tool Of The Man?
Why didn't the Doctor do anything to fix the oppressive alien society he met in the Doctor Who Christmas special?…