Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Little wonder, then, that when World War II finally came to an end, the celebrations in Orkney went on long into the night. Just as the archipelago played a crucial role during the first world war ...

When World War II came to Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, it wasn’t in the form of grainy newsreel footage from the other side of the world. Instead, right in front of us, smoke and ...

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has formally requested West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to cease using the term 'Jagannath Dham' for the Digha temple, asserting that it ...

"When we came down here we were astonished to find they were almost exactly the same as they were during the war." There are benches up against both sides of the narrow tunnels that served as ...

A museum has given a glimpse of what it was like to be a police officer during World War Two as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Huge crowds took to ...

During WW2, even butter and lard were rationed – often 2oz per person per week – so using any fat was a treat. I added 50g of cocoa and 100g of sugar and mixed them with one quarter of warm ...

Not all Germans are in agreement about how much to recall the history of Nazi crimes before and during World War II. That division can clearly be seen in the below infographic, with supporters of ...

But eighty years ago, the tiny outback town was home to a bustling hospital that treated hundreds of injured Australian soldiers during World War II. The outback town of Merredin is three hours ...

A few hours later the store was blasted to bits during the blitz of Sheffield in World War II. The city centre store would normally remain open until 8pm as it was near a cinema and families would ...