After Mr Neal's brother died, he used that research and his own to tell their uncle's story in a book By Glider to Normandy ...
Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...
This was Operation Varsity when more than 16,000 British, Canadian and American troops ... story starts with a glider crossing the Rhine as part of the 6th Airborne and then he teams up with ...
The invite-only ceremony on Monday will feature a walk to the memorial site, readings, a wreath-laying and moments of reflection. During World War Two, Markshall served as the headquarters for RAF ...
British, Canadian and American ... The intention was for the amphibious troops on the western side of the Rhine to join up with the airborne troops dropped to its east. Varsity took place just ...
Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...
This threat wasn't just theoretical either: in January of 1915, Zeppelin raids on the island of Britain commenced with the bombing of two British ... glider needed only ten yards to get airborne.
A bold but ill-fated wartime mission aimed at destroying the Nazis’ bid to develop an atomic bomb will be recalled at a ...