The Second World War is dominated by heroic tales of men defending their country against a formidabl..

The Cooler King tells the astonishing story of William Ash an American flier who after being shot do..

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In the spring of 1939 two determined 24-year-olds Heather Jenner and Mary Oliver decided to open a m..

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In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..

In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany an unlikely band of British ..

At 75 Terry and Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing including starting a..

Waking in the middle of the night whilst on holiday Tony Hawks declares an epiphany to his barely co..

Regarded as one of the finest journalists of her generation Mamie Baird Magnusson's whole life was a..

In 1914 the world changed forever when World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to f..

As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology a..

On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..

In January 1991 eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission deep behind ene..

1913: the last long summer before the war. The country is gripped by suffragette fever. These impass..