In the last decade of the 19th century, the French and British fought with the Benin and Dahomey kingdoms, conquered them and freed all ...

if the shrieking violet is aware of her own family’s shameful colonial past; that, when it comes to the pain, suffering, death, dispossession and dehumanisation of African people, her ancestors served ...

which is why the British stepped in to annex the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek. Beyond this point, your understanding of history becomes more tenable. Professional soldiers sent by Queen Victoria crushed ...

“Australians, almost as much as English”, he was to write, “had been brought up on tales of Crecy and Agincourt, Trafalgar, Waterloo, the Indian Mutiny and the Crimean, Afghan, Zulu and ... a common ...

British troops preparing for potential conflict with Russia are battling safety and data protection regulations that are hampering drone warfare training. Soldiers have been banned from flying ...

In South Africa, he won the trust of the famed indigenous leader Shaka Zulu, who made Isaacs a chieftain while pursuing bloody wars against other tribes. Later, as a British agent in West Africa ...

Labour MP Fred Thomas, who sits on the Commons' Defence Committee, said: 'British soldiers who are deploying as part of a deterrence force to places like Estonia and eastern Europe are going out ...

Ukrainian troops will be taking part in the UK's military ... the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force. Victory in Europe Day, known as VE Day, is celebrated on 8 May each ...

British troops have used a futuristic “energy” weapon to zap a drone swarm out of the sky in the largest exercise of its kind in the UK. Dubbed the “drone killer” the Radiofrequency ...

Three British Army soldiers have reportedly been arrested in Germanyafter going "on a rampage" while under the influence of alcohol, it has been alleged. Three men, aged 20, 23 and 27 were ...