In 1917 Britain and her allies were losing hundreds of ships every month to German U-boats. These deadly submarines patrolled the waters of the United Kingdom watching for ships to destroy.

Camouflage in World War 2 was the first time camouflage was used en masse by all sides. Each side had a different approach to camouflage but it was the Germans who were at the forefront of ...

The study, published last week by Aston University researchers in the journal i-Perception, recreated one of the few solid ...

A reanalysis of a 1919 study suggests that a separate illusion, the "horizon effect," played a bigger role in warping visual ...

Turns out, dazzle camouflage wasn’t the main reason enemy subs were misled in World War I, it was a natural visual illusion ...

In the early days of World War 2, the Germans hatched a master plan to take down the mighty French Army with breathtaking efficiency; dubbed Fall Gelb, or Case Yellow, it was a strategy that ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that there are no current plans to procure additional tanks , leaving the British Army with just 60 to contribute to any European task force to deter Russia.

Senior figures around Reform UK have drawn up plans for a think-tank that aims to attract Maga donors from America and help Nigel Farage’s party craft policies as it seeks to professionalise.

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves could have to choose between tax rises and a return to austerity when she delivers a budget update this month, a leading think ...

In its latest update on X, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Russian Armed Forces have “likely sustained approximately 900,000 casualties” since the war began in 2022. That includes ...

One of the most inspiring anti-Nazi German heroes of World War 2 was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who vocally condemned Adolf Hitler’s euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of ...