In the summer of 1940 – after Hitler swept through France and drove the British army out of the European ... a Battle of Britain dogfight in action. WW2: Did the war change life for women?

The last piece of army kit belonging to a British war hero was found hidden in a house in France... 84 years after he was reported 'missing in action'. Private Robert Balfour sacrificed his life ...

Recognising the forks to be British Army-issue, Mr Savary made inquiries that took him to Kent, where Pte Balfour and his family lived before the war. He was then able to trace the family.

Peter Gibbs said his family discovered the diaries after his father passed away The private diaries of a British World War Two officer will go on public display for the first time as part of an ...

This is a major new history of the British army during the Great War written by three leading military historians. Ian Beckett, Timothy Bowman and Mark Connelly survey operations on the Western Front ...

HMS Trooper, designated N91, went missing after a secret mission in early October 1943 to land three Greek resistance agents on Kalamos, an island on the west coast of Greece. The sub was then ordered ...

It resulted in the deaths of millions of people. The first day of the Battle of the Somme was the deadliest day in the history of the British army. Indian soldier: We had travelled by boat from ...