Dr Daniel Cowling, Senior Historian at the National Army Museum, traces the battles that continued long after VJ Day was ...

Discover the truth behind history’s most notorious outlaws as Sean Bean investigates Al Capone, the Krays, and more in ...

At first glance, Holmes and the Ripper were very different kinds of killers. Jack stalked his prey in the filthy streets of Victorian London, hacking and slashing right under the noses of patrolling ...

How did the real-life rivalry between street gangs the Peaky Blinders and the Birmingham Boys take shape? Sky HISTORY investigates in a new series.

Royal Mob was the term Queen Victoria herself used to describe her huge, extended family – 9 children, 42 grandchildren and 87 great-grandchildren. Her “favourites” were the glamorous and ...

It was on 12 March 1930 that Mahatma Gandhi embarked on an unlikely odyssey. By that point, Gandhi – a London-trained lawyer who had risen to become a passionate campaigner for India’s independence ...

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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 ...

In 1856, Henry Bessemer’s converter furnace took things further, enabling mass production of cheap refined steel for railway parts, armour plating and construction. John Brown, Sheffield’s first ...

A sword engraved with Templar crosses. An ornate libation vessel hewn from alabaster. An iron box depicting Biblical images. These are some of the tantalising treasures in the possession of Carl ...

The search for the truth continues. From recent breaking news on the U.S. government's funding of UFO research to recently discovered hidden facts behind chambers in Egypt's Great Pyramid, each ...

#ThisDayinHistory 1938, Orson Welles began a US radio broadcast that would shock the nation. #WarOfTheWorlds pic.twitter.com/pBqJOkJ40x ...