Staffelkapitän: leadership in battle

ORTONA, ITALY 20-27 DECEMBER 1943

Fulfilling his dream, our writer takes the controls of a Spitfire, Britain’s most iconic aircraft, which first took to the skies nearly 90 years ago

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

I enjoyed reading the interesting article by Caitlin Ellis on the rivals for the throne in 1066 (October). In particular, it was fascinating to read about Edgar Ætheling’s claim, which was surely the

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

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