SAS Daggers Drawn: Empathy and imagination, not just sabotage and slaughter
Damien Lewis' new book shows how the SAS embraced people with neurodiversity as well as fighting ability during the Second World War.
Heritage > WWII
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Navy White Ensign hoisted over Royal Navy destroyer once more after being sunk in WW2
HMS Exmouth was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1940, but her wreck has now been surveyed by a team of civilian and Royal Navy divers.
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Navy British WW2 sub that vanished without trace killing 64 sailors found after eight decades
HMS Trooper was on a secret mission in the Aegean Sea when she disappeared with all hands after hitting a mine in October 1943.
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Feature Family's pride as veteran, 99, honoured by two generations of female air force personnel
RAF and USAF women joined forces to celebrate Stella Brecht's pioneering WAAF service and legacy for female aviators.
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Feature Brains and brawn: Why I had to write about fiercely ambitious SAS Original Reg Seekings
Tony Rushmer's new book SAS Duty Before Glory reveals the extraordinary story Reg Seekings - one of the Special Air Service Originals.
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WWII Operation Market Garden veteran lays wreath to commemorate 80th anniversary of Arnhem
Ninety-nine-year old Geoff Roberts is believed to be the only British veteran to have travelled to Arnhem for the commemorations this year.
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WWII Anne marks 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden on behalf of King
The Princess Royal met Arnhem veteran Geoff Roberts, 99, as she appeared at a commemoration event for those who fought in the battle.
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Feature A beret too far? Did famous drop zone scene in A Bridge Too Far actually happen?
The iconic scene has kept fans questioning its accuracy for nearly 50 years, but Al Murray finally sets the record straight.
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WWII Operation Market Garden veteran pays respect to fallen comrades in Netherlands
Ninety-nine-year-old Geoff Roberts was at the cemetery for a short ceremony remembering those who died during the operation.
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Feature Black Tuesday: Al Murray delves into the pivotal day during Op Market Garden
The comedian and historian doesn't think the operation was necessarily doomed to fail - until everything changed on 19 September 1944.
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WWII Two soldiers killed during Operation Market Garden laid to rest after DNA identification
Private Henry Moon and Lieutenant Dermod Green Anderson were buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
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WWII Myrtle the Parachick: The member of 1st Airborne who dropped into Arnhem
On 18 September 1944, Lieutenant Pat Glover dropped with 1st Airborne Division into Arnhem on Operation Market Garden, but he wasn't alone.
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RAF The Dambusters: Sir Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb relics go up for auction
Operation Chastise saw the Möhne, Edersee and Sorpe dams attacked with bouncing bombs derived from Sir Barnes's tests.
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Feature Lee: The female reporter who catalogued the horrors of the Second World War
Kate Winslet's new film documents the career of Lee Miller, who captured some of the most thought-provoking and iconic images of the war.
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WWII Commemoration service honours Polish airmen's contribution to Allied victory in WW2
Dignitaries, veterans, and the public gather to honour the Polish airmen who played a crucial role alongside the RAF.
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WWII RAF Fighter Command's Battle of Britain bunker was kept secret - by a flower bed
The underground bunker in west London was where Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill delivered his famous speech to "the Few".