From rapidly evolving roles to new technologies, historian and airpower expert John Curatola discusses how fighter planes shaped the Second World War

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The restoration of the world’s oldest King Tiger, Second World War maps in Edinburgh, and a family-run militaria collection

The jungle warfare in the Far East was both a tactical and political challenge for British forces in WWII

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

Saff spends two days riding around the Normandy coast relishing the freedom to do so