ORTONA, ITALY 20-27 DECEMBER 1943

Leo Heaney’s regular yacht club race night quickly turns dangerous, and leads to seven months of frustration to rectify the damage

In 1945, the Allies were ready with a daring amphibious operation to liberate Jersey and Guernsey by force

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IF YOU STROLL ACROSS THE GREEN SWATHE OF the Maidan in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) – past the monumental marble Victoria Memorial built to honour that Empress of India – and keep heading south, the ci

This Parachute Regiment teenager lost his closest friend charging an Argentine machine gun post during the Falklands War