What might have happened if JFK never made it to the US presidency? In December 1960, one man plotted to make that a reality.

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

The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...

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

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

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 ...

For a long time, the period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire was known as the Dark Ages. Supposedly, it was a time of cultural and economic decline, when the continent was splintered into ...

After a short illness, George V died on 20 January 1936. The following day, British Pathé described him as “more than a King, a father of a great family”. George had steered the country through the ...

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 ...