WWII Factions: The British Army Posted: February 4, 2025 | Last updated: February 4, 2025 Before the war had started, Britain had a small professional army, sacrificing manpower for superior ...

As such, British forces fought in every theatre of the conflict alongside troops raised from the nations that made up the Empire and allied powers such as the United States, France and the Soviet ...

A woman has been arrested after a car crashed into a British World War Two memorial in Normandy, France. The crash occurred at around 5.30am on Saturday in Lion-sur-Mer, the site where thousands ...

Set in 1943, Operation Mincemeat follows two British intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley, as they hatch an elaborate plan to mislead Nazi Germany. With the stakes at their ...

WW2 veteran Fred Jennings will become a centenarian this weekend Reflecting on how it feels to be turning 100, Fred thought back on his time with the RAF saying he feels "a bit unhappy about it".

A total of 176 World War Two bombs have now been discovered under a children's playpark and it is feared more will be unearthed. The first of the practice devices, which still contain a charge ...

The auction also includes a collection of medals, photos and memorabilia relating to Sergeant Raymond William Greenley, the first British paratrooper to be dropped east of the Rhine on March 24 ...

Churchill in Moscow is set during the British Bulldog’s first meeting with Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union from August 12-15 1942 when the communist dictator’s patience was seriously waning.

The auction also includes a collection of medals, photos and memorabilia relating to Sergeant Raymond William Greenley, the first British paratrooper to be dropped east of the Rhine on March 24 ...

The first two bombs found were removed by the British Army, the British Ministry ... “one of the largest evacuation operations" since WWII came to an end in Europe. Authorities transported ...

He served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, before receiving an honorable discharge after suffering an injury overseas that he still can't discuss with ...

The U.S. Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, the more than 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II, an official with the ...