Mixed patrol of Australians and native Melanesian troops sets out from Awit in New Britain in search of Japanese rearguards. Australian forces, it...
Hand-in-hand with the tricky art of large scale camouflage goes wholesale deception of the enemy with dummy tanks and guns, fake towns and wharves...
These volunteers in Doncaster, Yorkshire, are taking part in a 'recruit drill' under the instruction of old-timer ex-Sergeant Brooks, while...
The German occupation of France in June 1940 was a massive defeat for the French population. It meant not only a loss of political freedom, but...
The most famous decoration in the world, the highest of its kind, the Victoria Cross is but an ounce of bronze. But the award itself is without...
In London On Sunday December 3, 1944, over 7,000 Home Guards, drawn from all over Britain, marched past H.M the King, who took the farewell...
Why Britain's Achievements Astounded the World During WWII In the sixth year of hostilities, Britain's War Cabinet has made possible the world...
Tea is considered to be the quintessential British drink and a great tradition. It was introduced to Britain from China in the 1600s and later...
Sergeant Pilot Rupert Cooling of No 9 Squadron was involved in operations in various campaigns, from bases in Britain and abroad. His impressions...
Entering service in late 1942, the 88R was a night fighter variant ofthe Luftwaffe's best medium bomber. The Ju88R was fitted with improved BMW...
Captain Ian Quarrie, on Motor Torpedo Boat 670, was speeding up the east coast of Sicily towards the Strait of Messina when he encountered a...
As the scare about war with the Japanese spread, the citizens of the Pacific coast of America were hit by just those restrictions which had been...
"The rise and fall of the empire depends upon this battle," signalled Yamamoto to his attack fleet before the strike at Pearl Harbor. But even at...
On Britain's huge Glider aircraft the Hamilcar, which the Germans believed to be a troop carrier depended much of the success of the Allied...
To enable the forces already on the Normandy coast on D-Day to be reinforced and kept supplied with utmost speed it was necessary that two...
Cross channel shelling of the Dover area by the Germans began on August 12th 1940 and, with the capture of the French ports, ceased in September...
Dover's ordeal ended with the surrender of Calais on October 1st 1944. In the area of Britain's “front line town” 2,226 shells fell during four...
"Except possibly for a few last shots, the Battle of London is over," declared Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P. Chairman of the War Cabinet Committee on...
Loaned for the purpose by patriotic owners, dogs were being trained in England for a number of important war duties, including the guarding of...
Caravans served as a temporary measure to overcome the housing problem near Elstree, Hertfordshire, on land which prior to the war was a holiday...