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Heroes of the Victoria Cross
In August 1944, as Allied forces attempted
On 8 November 1942 this colonel played a crucial role in the Allied invasion of North Africa, attempting to secure the surrender of Vichy French forces and then leading an assault to secure the Moroccan beachhead
In WWII’s final weeks, this British Indian Army sepoy was severely wounded in Italy while silencing multiple German machine gun nests
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
BRANXTON, ENGLAND 9 SEPTEMBER 1513
In the fourth instalment of his SAS Great Escapes series, Damien Lewis recounts, among others, an overlooked LRDG operation in occupied Yugoslavia
CHEMIN DES DAMES, FRANCE 16 APRIL – 9 MAY 1917
