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

The recent celebrations of VE Day may have been a time of memories of the end of World War Two for many but there was one large group of people who may have had their hopes of what VE Day meant dashed

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

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