“I ran into the living room and I said ‘there’s a war, there’s a war on’. I was quite excited,” said Ruth, now 98. “I had no idea of the horror in my mother’s face, because she had been a nurse in the ...

On the night of April 10, 1942, a massive explosion shattered the calm at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as the SS Gulfamerica, ...

But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set on the island, children were offered the chance to be ...

IF Nazi spies had been a bit more on the ball as the Allies pushed into Italy during the Second World War, things might have been rather ...

Banned from flying in the U.S., these 25 American women headed to Britain to help ferry military aircraft—and fascinated the ...

As time marches relentlessly forward and the anniversary of VE Day approaches, fewer and fewer survivors of the Second World ...

While he may be remembered today as a political leader, in his youth, Biju Patnaik was a fine aviator who flew British ...