A revolution in military engineering had earned high praise from Field Marshal Montgomery, a permanent way which can be assembled on the spot to...
The most famous decoration in the world, the highest of its kind, the Victoria Cross is but an ounce of bronze. But the award itself is without...
Why Britain's Achievements Astounded the World During WWII In the sixth year of hostilities, Britain's War Cabinet has made possible the world...
Mosquitoes were as deadly as the Japanese. These insects were as dangerous as what the Japanese were and put the lives of the fighting men in...
HMS Vanguard was a "Fully Armoured Battlecruiser" of the Royal Navy. At the time she was said to have been the greatest battleship yet built in...
Tea is considered to be the quintessential British drink and a great tradition. It was introduced to Britain from China in the 1600s and later...
It was impossible to get a tree for Christmas because of the timber restrictions, and even those who were fortunate to find one paid extortionate...
Sergeant Pilot Rupert Cooling of No 9 Squadron was involved in operations in various campaigns, from bases in Britain and abroad. His impressions...
Roger Landes Recruited: March 1942 Roles: Circuit Organiser, Wireless Operator (F Section) Circuits: SCIENTIST, ACTOR Codenames: Stanislas,...
Captain Ian Quarrie, on Motor Torpedo Boat 670, was speeding up the east coast of Sicily towards the Strait of Messina when he encountered a...
SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Kramer and 44 other Nazi SS guards who had been in charge of Bergen-Belsen camp were tried by a British military court at...
A British Mk III helmet, issued to Canadian frontline units. Operation Windsor left bitter memories for the Canadian Regiment de la Chaudière,...
[img] Such was the fear of a gas attack that masks were issued to British civilians, like the little girl below, a year before war broke out....
During September and October 1944, long after the D-Day landings of 6 June in France, the Allied troops in Italy were still fighting a much less...
After the surrender of the German troops defending the Longues battery, the Royal Air Force engineers took control of the cliff-top and set up an...
German bombs seen bursting in the water and on Manoel Island, the British submarine base on Malta 1942. [img]
Newspaper report about the day MP's visited Buchenwald Concentration Camp in 1945. They will never forget Buchenwald, the eight MP's and two...
This story was first told in newspapers around April 1945 A man who was thrice condemned by the Gestapo to be executed first by hanging, then...
Few printed documents are as remarkable as the posters reproduced here. At a cost of £44,000, the British government launched them as a rallying...
Published in The Daily Express May 1940 The first new dance of the war, the 'Blackout Stroll' was designed specially for 'You ladies called...