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Stalin was 'prepared to move more than a million Soviet troops to the German border to deter Hitler's aggression just before the Second World War' Papers which were kept secret for almost 70 years show that the Soviet Union proposed sending a...

Any mention of Blackpool will conjure up images of children enjoying donkey rides on the beach and novelty shops selling Kiss Me Quick hats and - of course - sticks of rock.

The food and drink industry has put thoughts of summer holidays on hold to go into full manifesto mode

Author Claire Messud talked to Joshua Cohen about her new novel "This Strange Eventful History," a sprawling, multi-generational epic.

There aren't many currently operational fifth-generation fighter jets, but a handful are already in service and more are coming. Here's what we know about them.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Italian-Canadian artist Guido Nincheri, a year-long exhibition of drawings and archival material from his...

A Lancaster bomber is set to fly over Southampton as the city marks 80 years since the D-day landings.

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker was the largest mass-produced piston-engined bomber ever, developed during WWII and serving as a nuclear deterrent during the early Cold War.

The USS Essex (CV-9), the lead ship of its class, was a key U.S. Navy aircraft carrier during World War II and the Korean War.

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