The May 1943 secret operation by Britain's Bomber Command involved a groundbreaking, high-risk mission to destroy German dams in the Ruhr Area using a new 'Bouncing Bomb'. Separately, the 'battle' of ...

In September 1939, Britain saw a shocking mass killing of pets as World War II began. Here’s how fear, wartime panic, and ...

On March 6, 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin.

Queen Camilla has expressed her "delight" at a new book designed to educate children about the Second World War, emphasising ...

Even 80 years after the end of World War II, relief for air raid victims in Japan has not been realized. Politicians must take this responsibility ser･･･ ...

In April 1942, sixteen B-25 bombers launched from the deck of USS Hornet in one of the most daring missions of World War II—the legendary Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. The crews knew their attack on ...

Queen Camilla has praised the author of a new book aimed at educating children about the untold sacrifices made during World War Two. Victoria Panton Bacon, from Suffolk, created a book called Their ...

Lilian Begg holds the taunting figure that used to sit on her family's air raid shelter in London during WWII. When she said goodbye to her sister two years ago after her passing, she found the ...

Over the course of the Second World War, Allied forces — American and British — carried out 173 air raids over the German ...

WWII veteran Anthony Krylow was presented with a citation from the state honoring his service. He also received a pin in appreciation. Mr. Krylow is 103 years old. He was an airplane mechanic ...

A British World War II bomb has been safely defused in the eastern German city of Dresden, allowing 18,000 people to return to their homes. The city's fire brigade said on Wednesday that it was the ...