Robert Clive, the British East India Company's commander, won over Mir Jafar in a secret pact, promising him the Nawab of Bengal's throne.

Simon Norfolk / INSTITUTE The chalky hills of Picardy were easy to dig into—and, as British ... battle had little experience in large-scale warfare—and neither did anyone else in the U.S. Army.

Thirty-two cutters filled with British troops ... The view that the battle’s outcome was decided by military leadership was codified by none other than U.S. Army Lt. Col. George Patton, who ...

American Delta Force commandoes did not have enough battle experience for the mission ... SAS troops helped rescue British soldiers in Sierra Leone, seen as useful training for the Afghan operation.

The last ever pitched battle ... to the British throne. Having failed in their attempt to gain support in England and advance on London, the Jacobites had retreated all the way back to Scotland. Under ...

A British Army soldier has been jailed for stealing almost £150,000 worth of equipment including military kit 'attractive' to terrorists and criminals - and selling it on eBay. Corporal Tarj ...

A British Army soldier who tried to 'outrun' police during a 'ridiculous' high-speed BMW chase has walked free from court. Private soldier Harry Smith - who is a trained army driver - was 'showing ...

Ukrainian soldiers in the eastern Donetsk region ... to repel Russian forces near the strategic city of Pokrovsk. The battle for the city, a key logistical hub in the Donbas region, has been ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday sitting, only the sixth since World War II, to back a bill primarily aimed at blocking British Steel’s Chinese owners ...

U.S. Army Pvt. Harland J. Hennessey of Boonville was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II.

The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura ...

Harland Hennessey fought in the battle for the Bataan Peninsula against Japanese forces in 1942 and was captured.