In early 1940, the German tanker Altmark attempted to evade the Royal Navy while carrying 300 Allied POWs, captured from ships sunk by the Admiral Graf Spee. When spotted by a British aircraft ...

It was handed to Major John Clement, officer in charge of a party from Force 135, sent on 17th May 1945 to remove the German garrison of 270 men on Sark. The Occupation had begun on 3rd July 1940.

While on sea trials, the spanking new U.S. Navy ... 5,000 ships sailed in Atlantic convoys and only nine were lost, the Allies destroyed 62 U-boats. As in World War I, only one verified German ...

Axis forces laid siege to the island and attacked British supply ships. By 1942 stocks were ... bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the ...

It was handed to Major John Clement, officer in charge of a party from Force 135, sent on 17th May 1945 to remove the German garrison of 270 men on Sark. The Occupation had begun on 3rd July 1940.