Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...

British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex airfields on 24 March 1945, to be dropped directly on top of the German lines at the River Rhine. Paratroopers and gliders packed ...

HORSA GLIDER ... films for secondary schools. WW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? documentWW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? Over 150,000 British, US and Canadian soldiers had ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Paratroopers were snapped for a newspaper early on the morning of 24 March 1945, drinking tea before getting into planes to be dropped over Germany [Danny Mason handout] ...

The era of seagliders has begun. This is how a very young Rhode Island-based company called Regent Craft characterized the moment when "the world’s first full-scale crewed seaglider" was taken ...

Discussing the ceasefire proposal, Lammy says the UK is prepared to consider putting British troops on the ground, "but there must be a US backstop". "At stake is not only the future of Ukraine ...

EXCLUSIVE We fear British 'mum on the run' could DIE in Thai prison, say her friends after she was arrested while 'claiming UK benefits' Ellis Matthews, 32, who once appeared on reality show Judge ...