T.e. lawrence

This fantastic plan, which led the then Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS), Air Vice-Marshal Arthur T Harris, to remark ‘the story, that appears too fantastic for words, might have a fortunate outco

If you’ve seen the 1966 film The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery (TGSTTR), you will already know something about the former Longmoor Military Railway (LMR), whether you realise it or not. While the L

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

In WWII’s final weeks, this British Indian Army sepoy was severely wounded in Italy while silencing multiple German machine gun nests

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war