Author Simon Fower discusses tens of thousands of men and women who performed heroic acts on the Home Front during the Second World War.

In March 1945 the Rhine River was the last great barrier to the heart of Germany. General George S. Patton of US 3rd Army and Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery were both desperate to cross the ...

Emma Bushee's sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray them home safe.

Elsa II, a Dunkirk Little Ship owned by Harvey Snowling, set off from Gillingham near Beccles to join a commemorative fleet across the ...

Brookwood Military Cemetery is Britain's largest war graves site, home to burials for those who died in WW1 and WW2.

Europe will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender on May 8. But thousands of locals remain committed ...

The data was cross-referenced with Canada Post records to confirm that the addresses for the 1,945 service personnel chosen to be honoured — who died between July 1944 and May 1945 — still exist.

Getty Images These women ran the American Red Cross Club on Great George Street, Bristol - a segregated club for black servicemen only and the first of its kind in Britain US society was divided ...

His bright red Fokker triplane, adorned with the Iron Cross of Germany ... Commercial artist George Petty popularized the concept of the pinup with his work for Esquire magazine.

Acting Lieutenant Commander Ernest Oliver ‘Mick’ Gidden, of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, was the first person to be awarded both the George Cross and George Medal for his actions in dealing with ...

Violette Szabo’s daughter Tania received the George Cross posthumously for her mother and the Croix de Guerre. Noor also received both medals and Odette Sansom got the George Cross. Tania ...

Flt Lieut George Dunn, now aged 102 ... his remarkable courage was honoured with the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). During his visit, he will see one of only two Short Brothers Scion aircraft ...