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On 19 August 1942, an Allied amphibious raid took place on the coastal town of Dieppe in northern France, when a force of some 6,500 infantry soldi...

When soldiers go to war, what do their families and friends experience? There is huge public support for the military, who risk their lives in fara...

The story behind the sinking of the Lancastria comes in two parts: the sinking of the ship itself and the people who died, and the aftermath which ...

The Isle of Sheppey, although not a heavily populated area, played an extremely important part in Great Britain s war effort on the home front thro...

Two days before the outbreak of the Second World War, the British government imposed blackout regulations across the nation as it was believed that...

Because of the geographical location of the Isle of Thanet, it was always going to play a part in the First World War. For some wounded British and...

Maidstone in the Great War tells the remarkable story of this Kent county town's immense contribution to the Great War effort from the outbreak of ...

On 13 August, with the war only a matter of days old, the German cargo vessel, Herbert Fischer, was on its way from Russia to deliver timber to J T...

The Holocaust is without doubt one of the most abhorrent and despicable events not only of the Second World War, but of the twentieth century. What...

This is a book of two stories. The first is the sad tale of how at least 749 American servicemen lost their lives on a pre-D-Day landing exercise, ...

The City of London was always going to be an obvious target for German bombers during the Second World War. What better way for Nazi Germany to spr...

The Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield was famous for producing the Lee Enfield .303 Rifle, the standard issued rifle provided to all infantry sol...

Winston Churchill is undoubtedly one of the most respected and best-loved characters the nation has ever known. However, much of how people view hi...

Following the Geneva Accords in 1954, Vietnam found itself separated into North and South, with communist North Vietnam under the control of Ho Chi...

History has recorded that the first ever powered flight took place at Kitty Hawk in America, on 17 December 1903 and was carried out by the Wright ...

Animals in the Great War looks at the use of animals by all sides in the Great War and to what effect. In the main, it focuses greatly on horses, d...

Canterbury had been a garrison town for many years before the war, and when hostilities began between Britain and Germany, it was home to The Buffs...

The First World War was fought on two fronts. In a military sense it was fought on the battlefields throughout Europe, the Gallipoli peninsular and...

The book looks at the military aspect of the war, from the towns perspective, looking at such matters as how many men from the town had become casu...

Folkestone became one of the most important British towns during the First World War. Through its harbour, an estimated 10 million troops and nurse...

Gravesend was like most other towns in the UK during the course of the First World War. When the call came to serve King and Country, local men enl...

Durham was, and still is, one of the country's oldest and best-loved cites. The very name was synonymous with dedication, dependability and determi...

Situated on the south coast of England, geographically and strategically, Dover more than played its part in the First World War. It was from its h...

Chatham played a very important part in the nation's Great War effort. It was one of the British Royal Navy's three 'Manning Ports', with more than...

In the early months of the war, for most people Scarborough was just another town somewhere in northern England, where exactly, they weren't entire...

With the outbreak of the First World War, it was not surprising that a number of individuals who were of German decent, and who lived in Hartlepool...

Joachim Peiper held the rank of Obersturmbannfuhrer in Nazi Germany's fanatical Schutzstaffel, more commonly referred to as the SS. He spent the fi...

Operation Dynamo, the successful evacuation of Belgian, British, Dutch, French and Polish troops from the beaches at Dunkirk between 27 May and 4 J...

Winston Churchill is undoubtedly one of the most respected and best-loved characters the nation has ever known. However, much of how people view hi...

The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Ba...

Romford in the Great War tells the remarkable story of Romford and its surrounding areas from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, to the long-aw...

Before the outbreak of the First World War, the Channel Islands were viewed as they are today; scenic, sunny and relaxing holiday destinations, whe...

Walter Tull would have been a remarkable individual no matter when he had been born, but to achieve what he did, during the time that he did, makes...

A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage which dates back to King Charles ...

A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage which dates back to King Charles ...