Escape from Italy On the 03 September 1943, the Italian Government led by Badoglio (who had replaced Mussolini in July), signed an...

Leo Gradwell DSC was a British barrister, a magistrate and a Second World War Royal Navy volunteer, who in July 1942 against orders, led...

As it is my Birthday I though I would remember a VC Winner from today who sacrificed his life for others: David Samuel Anthony Lord VC,...

Dutch civilians and veterans of 1st Airborne Division watch as children place flowers on graves at the Arnhem-Oosterbeek Cemetery, 25...

On the 12th September the German U boat U-156 torpedoed a passenger ship off the coast of Africa. There was nothing remarkable about that...

In early September 1942 Edward Young was the First Officer on HMS Saracen as she made her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta....

Declaration of war Germany invaded Poland in the early morning of 1 September 1939. The British Cabinet met late that morning and issued...

High in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, in treacherous conditions of ankle deep mud the battle for the Kokoda Track again...

In Burma the Monsoon Season had brought a pause in hostilities and the British forces regrouped in India. It comprised elements from...

The mission for Lieutenant Colonel Lord Lovat and No. 4 Commando (including 50 United States Army Rangers) was to conduct two landings 6...

Operation Pedestal was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta...

Formed at Dorchester, West Dorset, in August 1943 mainly from men of 9th RM Bn; 46 Commando RM had a brief but important role in the...

Rare photo emerges of female codebreakers who worked in secret using world's first electronic computer to crack Hitler's messages during...

Did a German Commando Raid take place against the Isle of White Author Adrian Searle uncovered an account from a German soldier, Dr...

Of the six two man canoes that had been brought to the French coast by HMS Tuna on the 7th December, only five had been launched because...

The ‘Day of Infamy’ continues with further attacks. Almost simultaneously with the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Japanese launched attacks...

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers...

The Long Range Desert Group were formed in the autumn of 1940, successors to the much smaller Long Range Patrol. They were intended as a...

I was in the lead Bren-gun carrier. As we advanced everything was so quiet it seemed unnatural. Then all of a sudden artillery opened up....

Carl Jonas was one of the Marines who went in on the first day: Many of the Higgins boats – the assault Landing Craft – were grounded...