Collection Of 'Secret' World War Two Spy Gadgets Sold At Auction For Thousands
The collection is made up of “escape and evade” items sent to British soldiers trapped in France.
The collection is made up of “escape and evade” items sent to British soldiers trapped in France.
Despite the Allied victory in Europe declared on 8 May 1945, it was not quite the end of the Nazi Third Reich.
The aircraft was shot down in 1940, and it was decades before it was rediscovered on a Dunkirk beach.
The stakes could not have been higher. The remnants of the BEF stood exposed on the beach, hoping to be saved
Of the 133 Allied aircrew that took part, 53 British airmen lost their lives in the eight planes that were shot down or crashed.
Odette Hallowes was tortured by the Gestapo, yet survived the war to become one of Britain's most decorated spies
WWII veterans like Alec Borrie received a charity gift to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day
A military parade and a mass procession had to be postponed as part of measures to control the spread of coronavirus.
Terry Clark was one of "The Few", the air crew who took to the skies to defend the UK against the German Luftwaffe.
The country observed a two-minute silence 75 years after the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Mark Drakeford spoke with Welsh veterans via a video chat and over the phone.
Churchill's stirring words to cheering crowds in Whitehall
Royal Marine veteran Joe Corless was sent to help liberate the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945 - the day after VE Day.
Germans refer to the end of the war as ‘Stunde Null’ or ‘Hour Zero’ - the start of a brand-new era and a complete break with the past.
George Bradford, who was 14 on VE Day, said "all you heard" through Lincoln city centre was church bells.
Many World War II veterans experienced the conflict in only one time and place – Neville ‘Timber’ Wood saw far more