IT WAS carnage in the sky, and the 100th Bomb Group was being torn to shreds. Again. “What seemed to be the whole German Air Force came up and began to riddle our whole task force,” recalled B-17 navigator Major Harry Crosby,
New footage has captured the downed aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway (Image: AP) Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of
Jewish advocacy groups have reacted with fury after Volodymyr Zelensky and Justin Trudeau were among those who gave a veteran who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War a standing ovation. Yaroslav Hunka fought for the First Ukrainian Division
A loud controlled explosion was carried out after a member of the public found an unexploded WW2 grenade in St James’ Park. Tourists were left stunned after the “very old” device was discovered, social media users revealed. The area has been blocked
Britain and France have come within inches of creating dual empires throughout history. Being so close together and so powerful, leaders of both nations have hatched plans to solidify their power and help defend each other in times of crisis. While none
Campaigners have called for the BBC’s TV licence fee to be axed after broadcaster Sally Nugent “inadvertently” described the Dambusters raid as “infamous”. The BBC was forced to issue an apology for the Breakfast presenter’s “awful error”, with campaigners claiming that it
Vladimir Putin has been hit by another setback after the US compared the “stunning” number of troops Russia has lost fighting in a single town in eastern Ukraine to those America suffered in a major World War 2 battle. The US has
With World War Two nearing an end and the US and Britain succeeding in quashing the brutal assault of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party, Japan, aligned with Germany, took matters into its own hands, launching a series of balloons across America with the
Dramatic pictures have shown the moment an unexploded mom in Great Yarmouth detonated during attests to disarm it. The device exploded during slow burn out work aimed at rendering it harmless. All army and emergency service personnel have been accounted for and
A tantalising mystery has emerged on the North York Moors as the bones of crashed RAF pilots are found five miles from where their plane went down in 1944. The surprising discovery was made when a family went to investigate a blockage