The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St...

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...

1st - 8th November 1944 Operation Infatuate - The Battle of Walcheren. Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian...

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’...