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...

Stanley Scislowski was a 20 year old infantryman with the Perth Regiment, 11th Infantry Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division. He was...

Aidan McCarthy, a Medical Officer with the RAF, had survived a series of hazardous episodes during the war including the evacuation from...

Dan Snow History Hit Mike Sadler is one of a handful of surviving original SAS men. Major Sadler, 93, was the navigator for the...

Great interview by Dan Snow with Lord Paddy Ashdown @paddyashdown former Royal Marine, member of the SBS and polititian. ‘Game of Spies’...