Britain | War History

When Harry Met Joy And Her Battle Of Britain Comrades

Ian Harvey
Battle Of Britain

The were know as ‘The Few’ by all British people, the team formed of brave servicemen of the RAF who kept Hitler’s Luftwaffe at bay…

100 Years Later, WWI Sparks A New Battle In Britain

Ian Harvey

The initial plans included schoolchildren visiting battlefields, communities working on restoring monuments and the nation remembering a war that lasted four years and killed more…

WWI Victory Should Not Be Celebrated With ‘Dancing In The Street’, Minister Says

Ian Harvey

MP for Maidstone and the Weald, Helen Grant insisted that although the First World War gave Britain its much deserved victory, people should not be…

Centenary of WWI Largely Ignored in Russia

Ian Harvey
centenary

  British historian and journalist Sir Max Hastings has penned volumes chronicling World War II, Korean War and Falklands War.  His latest work, “Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War…

10 Remarkable Laws during WWI

Wars could bring about a number of surprises and the ten laws below, passed during WWI with some still in effect in Britain up to…

London Mayor says Labour Party’s education spokesman is unfit for office and should resign

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London mayor Boris Johnson  says Labour party’s education spokesman Tristram Hunt is unfit for office for clearing Germany of blame for the start of the…

World War I Dog Tag Returned To Digger’s Family

Ian Harvey

Valentin Henon discovered the dog tag in 2012, after using his metal detector in a field nearby where he lives, in northern France. He asked…

Letters Of 230,000 WWI Soldiers To Be Revealed In New Online Archive

Ian Harvey

Hand-written wills and letters of 230,000 soldiers who fought for Britain and died in the First World War have been forgotten in Government archives for…

Mrs Churchill’s Involvement In The Second World War

Ian Harvey

Winston Churchill was and will always be one of the most important and recognized figures in Britain’s history. But few people know about the true…

Korean War: The Spine-Tingling Heroism Of The British Who Fought For Their Lives

Ian Harvey

Corporal Jim Lucock described himself as an ordinary man who just wanted to stay alive. But in war it doesn’t matter how much you want…

David Cameron Pays Tribute To Relative Killed at Ypres

Ian Harvey

The 37-year-old captain served with the 16th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry and his name is listed among the 54,896 recorded on the gate. The…

Soviet pilot Kolesnikov’s WWII mystery mission in Perthshire is solved

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A group photograph of Soviet pilot Kolesnikov with 10 other uniformed Soviet airmen during their mysterious 2nd world…