SBS: What Is The Special Boat Service?
The Royal Navy describes the Special Boat Service as its "answer to the SAS".
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Feature WW1: Why did Britain join the First World War?
It has been more than 106 years since Britain entered the Great War.
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RAF Red 1: Who Is The New Red Arrows Team Leader?
Squadron Leader Tom Bould has joined ready for the 2021 season.
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Politics Explained: The Overseas Operations Bill
A key aim of the bill is to limit false and historical allegations against personnel and veterans in relation to overseas operations.
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Feature From Prue Leith to Kosovo: How the honey guru found his calling
No one knows super honey quite like former soldier Shamus
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Feature Exceptional women of the Battle of Britain
Hitler did not bargain on the fighting spirit of those left on the ground.
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History WW2: How Inflatable Tanks And Look-Alikes Fooled Germany
Inflatable hardware, as part of Operation Fortitude, was a key element of Operation Bodyguard – the plan to fool Nazi Germany.
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Feature Letters show War Office objection to Bridge On The River Kwai film
The portrayal of captured British personnel in David Lean's 1957 film, which starred Alec Guinness, was contested by UK officials
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WWII Lives that mattered – the black experience of WW2
A new book examines the black lives involved in Britain’s Second World War effort
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Gurkhas Welcome To The Jungle - Exploits Of The Gurkhas In Wartime Burma
VJ Day and the Gurkhas’ role in defeating Imperial Japan
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WWII Stalingrad – An Act Of Horror And Heroism
It was history’s biggest battle, and the beginning of the end for Hitler
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Feature George Arthur Roberts: Black Soldier And Pioneering Civil Rights Activist
The inspirational soldier who fought tirelessly for race equality and wounded veterans
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Feature Code Name Lise: The extraordinary life of Odette Hallowes, WW2's most decorated female spy
Odette Hallowes was tortured by the Gestapo, yet survived the war to become one of Britain's most decorated spies
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VE Day VE Day: Why Not All Germans Stopped Fighting
Germans refer to the end of the war as ‘Stunde Null’ or ‘Hour Zero’ - the start of a brand-new era and a complete break with the past.
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WWII The World War 2 Veteran Who Saw It All
Many World War II veterans experienced the conflict in only one time and place – Neville ‘Timber’ Wood saw far more
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Feature Meet the Pioneer Sergeant, one of the few Army roles allowed a beard on parade
Only a select few positions within the British Army are allowed to have a beard when on parade.