Amidst the chaos of war, a pilot's miraculous survival leads to an extraordinary love story. Uncover the blend of fantasy and ...

John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC 'came from a generation who understood the importance of freedom and sacrificed so much to achieve ...

The last conscription in the UK was more than eight decades ago during World War 2 and, like back then, certain call-up ...

Three Allied aerial bombing decoy sites from World War II were recently investigated, uncovering significant variations in ...

II, and were the only ones allowed to take on a combatant role by the British Army. However, many of them have been forgotten These women were active throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, but most women ...

The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Hemingway downed a German Luftwaffe plane but his Hurricane fighter was hit by anti-aircraft fire and he had to make a forced landing, according to the air force.

Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

Ershad Ali was killed while serving in the Merchant Navy for the allied forces, and his named is etched into the Tower Hill ...

‘Nazis, U-boats And The Battle For The Atlantic’, made for the BBC by Alleycats TV, starts on BBC iPlayer and BBC1 NI on ...

In WW2, conscription began for men aged between 20 to 22 in 1939, up to six months before the war actually broke out. The UK ...