On 25 April the military sealift vessel Eddystone (IMO 9234070) arrived off Cape Town, from Gibraltar. She entered Cape Town harbour, proceeding into the Duncan Dock, and went alongside the outer ...

As the nation commemorates the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, a Portsmouth family shares the remarkable story of ...

EXCLUSIVE: With hours to spare, WWII heroes have won a crucial victory, ensuring their emotional commemorative journeys will ...

He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a Tiger I tank, Wittmann destroyed up to fourteen ...

The 7th and 8th Battalions, marching in via Ballsbridge ... The Four Courts were shelled and an armoured car was used by the British in North King Street. Artillery attacks and incendiary bombs aimed ...

A Second World War veteran from Sussex met the King during VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations. Robert Piper, from ...

Veteran Bernard Morgan, 101, who will be at the heart of commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Royal British ...

A great-grandmother who partied outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day says people will "never understand" what the day was like ...