He shone the spotlight on the often-ignored role of the 2.5 million members of the British Indian Army who had served during ...

On 20 May 2025, the unveiling ceremony of the Memorial for Dongji Fishermen's Rescue of British Prisoners of War was held on Qingbang Island of Dongji, Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. Chinese Ambassador ...

But he's come under serious scrutiny for his remarks online, including one instance where he said women who wear perfume are ...

History is seldom tidy. Eras overlap and unfinished business from one period lingers into the next. World War II was a war like no other in the magnitude of its effects on the lives of people and the ...

After the war, hundreds of German prisoners were blown to bits when the ... depicted in the 1963 movie The Great Escape, involved 76 British airmen, who tunneled out of Stalag Luft III near ...

FILE - Recently released British prisoners of war meet up with a parachute recce party while marching towards Allied lines, in Germany May 4, 1945. German authorities have recently released 8,000 ...

FILE - Recently released British prisoners of war meet up with a parachute recce party while marching towards Allied lines, in Germany May 4, 1945. German authorities have recently released 8,000 ...

Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each in an exchange mediated by ... Cardinal David emerges as ‘dark horse’ Inside the British weapons factory preparing for Putin – and ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle and released in 1957, the movie is set during World War II and follows a group of British prisoners of war who are forced ...

This installment shares two moments from World War II, in which ordinary Chinese civilians rescued some US airmen in distress, and some British prisoners of war (POWs) captured by the Japanese ...