Along with the engineering achievements of the Mulberry Harbours allowing for the disembarkation of men, materials and vehicles in Normandy...
A semi autobiographical novel set in Duns, Scotland. The Nazis have invaded Britain. [ATTACH] In 1940, after the evacuation from Dunkirk,...
The concept of a Pathfinder force to lead the way for the bombers was opposed by Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris because the expert pilots and...
The B Mk 4 was the first bomber version of the Mosquito to enter squadron service. Built from plywood components produced by a myriad of...
Amid the chronic shortages of life's essentials, WWII left vast quantities of discarded and damaged war material lying around France after the...
Germans retreating through Northern Italy, late in 1944, made increasingly desperate attempts to delay the Allied advance with mines and...
Loaned for the purpose by patriotic owners, dogs were being trained in England for a number of important war duties, including the guarding of...
Valentine Scorpion III, 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, Suffolk, January 1944 Events moved so fast once the mine-clearing flail tank was...
Late in the night of April 30/May 1, 1940, a German Heinkel III bomber was heard circling low over the town of Clacton-on-Sea. It had been...
On June 28 1914,Archduke Franz Ferdinand,heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb citizen.History tells that this is...
Bielefeld, western Germany, 14th March 1945. The Lancaster B.1 (Special) heading towards its target had been unable to reach more than 14,000ft...