Second World War

More than any other sport, professional football contributed fighting men to the battles of World War II, and the 22 or so players or former player...

SOEs Belgian and Dutch operations in the Second World War have always been considered highly controversial because of the notorious Englandspiel (t...

In the summer of 1934 Adolf Hitler planned and conducted the most ruthless purge of his thirteen-year period as leader of Germany. The victims were...

The day after Vasiliy Krysov finished school, on 22 June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and provoked a war of unparalleled extent and crue...

Although only 100 examples were produced, the 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M12 served with distinction as an infantry-support weapon and in particular ...

Tuesday, June 6th 1944. It is dawn and the German lookouts on sentry along the beach of Sables dOr at the Pointe du Hoc spot some worrying silhouet...

The Eastern Front was the most significant theatre of World War II. Here the bulk of the Wehrmacht was committed and eventually shattered by the R...

Almost seventy-five years ago, MI9 dreamt up the most audacious escape and evasion plan of World War Two. Formulated by Airey Neave, one of the fir...

This is one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century.It is a first-hand account of a mission by an SAS soldier sent behind the Iron Cur...

The unsung and remarkable stories of the women who held London's East End together during not one, but two world wars.'Inspiring tales of courage i...

This is the story of two airmen - an RAF Rear Gunner and a Luftwaffe Pilot. Alexander Ollar was raised in the Highlands of Scotland. He became an e...

By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly c...