During the Second World War, Germany conducted a Blitzkrieg against the United Kingdom, which is more commonly referred to as “the Blitz” (German for lightning war). The Blitz lasted from September ...

Blitz, which re-creates London at the height of the German blitzkrieg, or “lightning war,” eschews the Dickie Attenborough school of Britain’s World War II films — the ones stuffed with ...

Few historic sites are as well-preserved as London’s Churchill War Rooms, which have benefited from their location in a fortified basement that housed a British government command center throughout ...

If you want to watch a new, big-budget movie this weekend but don’t feel like going to the movie theaters for Wicked or Gladiator 2, then Apple TV+ has got you covered with the streaming release of ...

With the New York City-set "Shame" (2011) and "12 Years a Slave" (2013), the latter winning the best picture Oscar for its brutal portrayal of American slavery, British director Steve McQueen ...

A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination. Local authorities have approved plans to fill the site — originally dug as a ...

World War II, which concluded 80 years ago, was a historic event that defined a generation. Tens of millions of people fought brutal oppression and an unfathomable Holocaust. Today, the world ...

On Sept. 7, 1940 — 80 years ago tonight — the German air force launched a massive series of attacks on London that would go on for 56 of the next 57 days and nights. The plan was to destroy the Royal ...

EXCLUSIVE: It was the faded monochrome photograph of a small Black boy, both hands gripping a valise, as he leaves London with a party of other school-age evacuees, that caught Steve McQueen’s eye ...