Beijing showcased its military hardware on Wednesday, three months after a U.S. military parade took place in Washington, D.C ...

In a video published in April 2024 on the International Reporters Telegram channel, French citizen Sergei Munier (centre) announced the creation of the Normandie-Niemen unit, a Franco-Russian unit ...

Eighty years ago, U.S. President Harry Truman authorized the U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan. Just days earlier, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, a Canadian diplomat made a slight ...

In 1944, Patton’s Third Army surged across France, forcing the Germans to rush new Panzer Brigades to the front. At Dompaire, the inexperienced 112th Panzer Brigade made a fatal mistake—camping in a ...

The 1,000lb 1.5 metre explosive was discovered 'intact' by construction workers in Quarry Bay, a business district on the west side of Hong Kong Island.

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in April that there were French soldiers fighting for Russia on the Ukrainian frontlines in a unit dubbed "Normandie-Niemen". Our investigation showed these ...

The Harlem Hellfighters spent more time in continuous front-line combat in World War I than any other similarly sized American regiment — 191 days in the front-line trenches. They suffered more ...

The wreck of the steamship Thistlegorm - which translates to 'blue thistle' from Scottish Gaelic - was named as one of the ...

It’s been 81 years since Americans liberated this small town, but the people there hold an annual ceremony to honor one of their liberators.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

While uniquely American, SEAL doctrine owes a technical and conceptual debt to Italy’s WWII combat divers, who first combined ...

Benoit Saint-Denis has won six of nine fights since his UFC debut in 2021 Benoit Saint-Denis provided protection for former French president Francois Hollande in 2016. He has been at the forefront of ...