We salute you

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying

80 years on from VE Day, we remember the film stars who signed up to do their bit for the war effort

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

THE WAY WE WERE

An imperial Nazi eagle and a Swastika are etched onto a wall. The year’s hottest day is thus far shielded by the 47,000 cubic metres of concrete that surrounds us in a damp, squalid and oppressive win