May 1941: The new Nazi battleship Bismarck sets out to destroy Allied convoys in the Atlantic. It is up to the Royal Navy to stop it in its tracks. April 1940: German battleships attack key Norwegian ...
Walton seeks to uncover the role British intelligence services played as Britain’s empire began a steep and sudden decline. In the aftermath of WWII it became clear that the glory days of British ...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government approved plans for a massive new Chinese Embassy near Tower Bridge, angering critics who fear it will enable spying. By Michael D. Shear and Stephen Castle In ...
NEW YORK — Operation Mincemeat was not about baking tasty little seasonal pies but the name given to an elaborate 1943 ruse concocted by the British intelligence services to clear out thousands of ...
Summer 1940: Fierce dogfights fill the skies over Southern England, as the pilots of the RAF defend the island from ferocious German bombers. The longest campaign of the war pits the deadly stealth of ...