A soldier's remarkable war story, from the evacuation of Dunkirk to his escape from a prisoner of war camp and time with the Italian Resistance, is being shared in a recording he made for his family ...

ON June 4 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill hailed the Dunkirk evacuation as a "miracle of deliverance". Operation Dynamo had defied the odds to save more than 300,000 brave Allied troops ...

As well as being in charge of the evacuation of the beaches at Dunkirk he also had a key role in the D-Day landings - running the huge artificial Mulberry harbours After retirement he became Lord ...

A fleet of 66 'little ships' is set to sail from Ramsgate to the French port to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Operation ...

The RNLI was recently awarded a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to research and share stories of courage from the Second World War. The project, called ‘ RNLI Stories of Courage 1939-45’ ...

He writes: 'Soon after the Dunkirk evacuation began ... Posted on: 07 February 2004 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper Although I very much enjoyed reading your contribution I would disagree with part ...

The tug 'Foremost 22' took part in the evacuation, helping tow the damaged HMS Sharpshooter from Dunkirk to Dover Researchers have launched a mission to find wrecks of ships lost during the ...

An iconic Second World War Hurricane that crash-landed on the beach at Dunkirk during the famous troop evacuation has been restored and is about to take off again for the first time in more than ...

Posted on: 24 March 2005 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper This is one ... The 76th took part in the pre-Dunkirk battles before the evacuation. The 23rd were captured with the rest of the 51st (H ...

A British government agency, Historic England has joined the search for wrecks dating to the Dunkirk evacuation run by France's DRASSM, which is in charge of underwater archaeology. Firing sound ...