The Battle of Britain which took place in the Autumn of 1940 could have led to an early end to the Second World War if ...
In part 2 of our Battle of Britain documentary, we explored how after Germany had swept over continental Europe, Britain ...
During the Battle of Britain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the enormous efforts made by the fighter and bomber crews. In a speech delivered in August 1940, he famously said ...
Like Canadians at Vimy Ridge in 1917, Jews died there for Western civilization.
Ever since Winston Churchill coined the phrase, politicians have extolled the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain ...
Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.
It's almost 80 years since the end of World War Two, during which Orkney became home to hundreds of Italian prisoners of war.
303 Squadron was officially activated on August 2, 1940, twenty-three days after the Battle of Britain commenced. However, it would take some time before these Polish fighter pilots were allowed ...
From the staid London Times right through to the leftist weeklies, the British press had one thing to say to Winston Churchill: that Britain was ... aspects of the battle which have been ...
After all, it was the most famous fighter of the Battle of Britain, not to mention arguably Great Britain’s most famous fighter ever made (though the World War I Sopwith Camel also has a strong ...
Lord Moran, Churchill's long-time friend and physician, also was at his side. A state funeral was certain for this giant of a man who twice served Britain as prime minister and rallied her people ...