Starting school at any time is a daunting experience but when François Le Maistre started he did so while his island home was ...

In January 1945 the end of the Second World War looked hopeful, but was by no means guaranteed as the Nazis continued to ...

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th ...

As India braces for its first nationwide civil defence drill in over five decades, security experts stress the need for ...

While officials have emphasised that this drill is not an indication of imminent conflict, it represents a proactive approach ...

Since the introduction of gunpowder to battlefields in the Middle Ages, firearms have been a deciding factor in battles for ...

Britain began four days of VE Day celebrations Monday with a military parade through central London, a flypast over ...

By January 1941, the £5,000 figure was reached and the Ministry of Aircraft Production named a Mark Vb Spitfire, number W3320, the 'Darlington Spitfire'. It was attached to 92 Squadron, the country's ...

VE Day. Her mother Heather went into labour just as Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe was ...

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A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 ...

German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany, ...