Death of the wolf packs

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

HOW THE LUFTWAFFE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

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

It would be easy to get confused, at a quick glance. But although it sports the same number of funnels, the sinking transatlantic liner depicted here isn’t RMS Titanic but RMS Lusitania, it’s 1915 rat

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

In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn