You will find a number of those titles in this list of the 20 greatest Second World War films. These movies only scratch the surface of the countless number made about the momentous event ...

The site of Alconbury Weald, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was once a key military hub during World War II and the Cold ...

Few weapons in the history of warfare have instilled as much fear in their opponents as the German Army’s Tiger tank of World ...

Remarkable pictures capture the Second World War through the lens of a German soldier's camera - which was pinched by a cheeky British commando. A 98-year-old Kent woman told how she was ...

The institute played an important part in feeding the post-war world. Several high-yielding and disease-resistant strains of wheat and blight-resistant strains of potato originated there.

Countdown to Victory: The Last Days of War in Europe Day by day, the news got better as the Second World War wound down in Europe. Sixty years ago, CBC Radio brought home reports of retreating ...

The War is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns.The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every ...

I suspect Adam LeBor and his publishers must have struggled to come up with the title The Last Days of Budapest: Spies, Nazis ...

At issue was whether the Geneva Conventions—a set of treaties established in the wake of the atrocities of the Second World War—applied to the United States in its treatment of any prisoners ...

The medals of a fearless Second World War airman who survived a “suicidal dash” over the English Channel have been put up for sale for £100,000.

We’ve all heard of Saving Private Ryan and The Great Escape, but occasionally, some hidden gems from World War 2 movies that we might not be so familiar with pop up on TV. Today on BBC Two there ...