After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the regulars were set upon by hundreds, then thousands, of armed militiamen hell bent ...

Lord North was ill-suited to being a wartime prime minister but it took parliament seven years to replace him by which time ...

The rapid rate of Britain’s High Street decline has been revealed in a new interactive map which shows major retailers and ...

Battle Lines, a podcast from The Telegraph, combines on-the-ground reporting with analytical expertise to help the listener ...

If you're stuck for what to do over the Bank Holiday why not put yourself to the test with the Daily Express's fun quiz on ...

Inside the steeple of Old North Church and among the Southern Colonies, less familiar stories of the events from 250 years ...

Hamburg was, literally, a dry run for what came later; the aim was to maximise the number of barbecued civilians by, among ...

The story of the Second World War in pictures, from the Blitz to Berlin. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of WW2 ...

Nazi Germany overran France and forced the British army to evacuate at Dunkirk. Severely lacking in military equipment, Britain and her empire now stood alone against Adolf Hitler's forces.

Alfred the Great was once a poster-boy for male gallantry, but he fell out of favour in the last century. Now he is ripe for ...

The UK is home to some of the world's most iconic burial sites, where history's most celebrated figures rest in peace - each ...

L.W. Keen left an archive of early life in Jonesborough through photos that proved invaluable to the 20th century historic ...