According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

When did Maria Theresa come to power? Ascending the Habsburg throne in 1740, at 23 years old, Maria Theresa assumed rule at a perilous moment for her empire. The state’s coffers were empty and its ...

In BBC drama Miss Austen, Jane's sister Cassandra is on a mission to destroy a cache of letters following the 41-year-old ...

In the interwar years, the United States prepared for all kinds of future conflicts, including against its allies. Jonny ...

Presenting fresh archaeological evidence, Dr Duncan Wright shares how a team of experts might have found the lost living ...

Before Zeus could rule as the king of the ancient Greek gods, he had to defeat his father and the Titans in a decade-long war ...

As you stalk enemies through the ruins of war-torn cities – like Verdun, Stalingrad and Berlin – these sniper games will test ...

The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people ...

Historian Roger Moorhouse charts the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, from the end of the First World War to the Third Reich's ...

To the people of Switzerland, William Tell is a national icon whose legend is rooted deep in the bedrock of the foundations of the country. He is celebrated as both founding father and symbol for the ...

Smothered by sheets of ice and rugged tundra, Greenland is the world’s largest island. Situated in the cold waters of the north Atlantic and crossing through the Arctic circle, the sparsely populated ...

Imagine a US president who was highly intelligent and educated, who had a tremendous capacity for hard work, and who retained a very strong sense of personal morality. Surely those characteristics ...