As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces, World War II survivors reflect on ...

With the Axis in the ascendancy in North Africa and optimistic of taking the Suez canal, the battles of El Alamein were ...

By the end of 1915, it was clear to the German General Staff that there was a growing discrepancy in the number of troops on ...

index. $39.95 paper. ISBN: 1914059018 The BEF in the Aftermath of Dunkirk The drama at Dunkirk (May 26- June 4) bulks so large in both popular imagination and even serious historical literature that ...

In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter ...

The RAF veteran, who also took part in the Battle of France and in Italy, died at the age of 105. Considered a legend in aviation history by many, Gp Capt Hemingway became known as one of The Few ...

In May 1945, during World War II, the Nazi forces of Germany officially surrendered, marking the end of the war. This year ...