[IMG] "Young man, you did a fine thing to give up your film career to fight for your country. Mark you, had you not done so − it would have been...
America joined Britain's strategic air campaign designed to destroy Nazi Germany's industrial capacity soon after her entrance into World War Two....
What If...? - Version 1.1 I saw something from BBC4 last night called "Mortgaged To The Yanks", all about the loan that Britain received from the...
Amongst the brave men who are in the very front line of Civilian Britain in its fight against the Nazi air raiders are the members of the...
In August 1940 a flaming crest in the Battle of Britain, the RAF's 644 fighters were pitted against 2,600 Luftwaffe planes. The pilots 'The...
Seven months of phoney war were abruptly broken on 9 April 1940 in the Norwegian Sea. On HMS Glowworm, Lieutenant-Commander Gerard Roope (below),...
She was the lover of lan Fleming and Churchill's favourite spy .. the beautiful countess who ran rings round the Gestapo SHE was the very first...
Business Men versus V-Boats AN auxiliary squadron of the R.A.F. Coastal Command, whose job is to escort shipping convoys, is achieving great...
Determined as always to see for himself, the Prime Minister visited many of Britain's coast defences. On August 28 here you can see him at Dover...
In October 1939, accepting the fact that the conquest of Poland, however impressive, would not prompt Great Britain and France to withdraw from...
What were the effects of world war II upon the major world powers; upon Germany, Japan, England, France, the soviet union, and the united states?...
All through the 1930s, the United States had struggled to free itself from the Depression. Despite the suffering and hardship of war, the country...
The campaign which opened on I February 1917 was fought with unparalleled ferocity. Three days later the United States broke off diplomatic...
One of the most enduring images of Britain at war is that of bombed cities and towns, the destruction and devastation caused by aerial...
Many nations have contributed to the development of the submarine but Germany seemed predestined to make more of its potential than any other...
As if to prove that Britain has energy enough and to spare even at the height of the Nazi air onslaught on her shores, bombers of the R.A.F....
Latest News Reports from 23rd August 1940 New York Backs R.A.F. ON August 9 and 12, the days following the great aerial battles in the...
In the six days August 8th -13th the German air attack on our south and south - eastern coasts, airfields and certain harbours, including Dover...
Here, in his own words, is the dramatic account of an aerial dogfight from the point of view of a fighter pilot. Told by an R.A.F. Squadron Leader...
At first look, this story may seem strange. Stick with it. Amazing... In 1944, medium Helen Duncan became the last woman in Britain to be...