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.
Heritage > WWII
-
WWII -
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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".
-
WWII Dedication ceremony honours fallen WW2 bomber crew on 80th anniversary of crash
The Halifax had completed a mission to lay sea mines off the French coast, but crashed on its return journey to RAF Breighton in Yorkshire.
-
Veterans RAF jet pilot and WWII veteran shares 100th celebrations with former unit at Edinburgh Tattoo
Meteor and Spitfire pilot Joe McCulloch celebrated alongside the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at Edinburgh Castle.
-
Feature Dragoon: Why the op you've never heard of was the worst day of Hitler's life
Also known as the other D-Day, Operation Dragoon opened up a new front against Nazi Germany in southern France.
-
Feature The Loch Ness Monster and fascism: When Italy claimed to have killed Nessie
In 1941, Joseph Goebbels' propaganda machine went into overdrive when it claimed Axis power Italy had killed the Loch Ness Monster.
-
Navy Giant ship build hall for Navy frigates named after female pioneer from WW2
Janet Harvey was one of a handful of women working as electricians alongside the 100,000-strong male workforce in the UK war effort.
-
Veterans RAF veteran ' truly humbled' after more than 1,000 cards arrive to mark his 100th birthday
Richard 'Dick' Skepper, 100, joined the RAF at the age of 18 when the Second World War broke out.
-
Feature The real Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare agents were hated – but they didn't care
Despite their heroism being celebrated in Guy Ritchie's latest film, SOE agents were looked down upon by those in power during WW2.
-
History Great Escape hero's WW2 pocket book found in house clearance set for auction
Flight Lieutenant Paul Royle was one of the 76 Allied airmen who escaped from German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III 80 years ago.
-
RAF The last of The Few: Battle of Britain fighter pilot celebrates 105th birthday
The birthday of Group Captain John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC was marked with portraits reflecting different stages of his life.
-
History Bow of Italian sub sunk by Royal Navy rival discovered after lying underwater for 83 years
Regia Marina sub Jantina was sent to the bottom of the Aegean Sea by HMS Torbay in a rare example of submarine-versus-submarine combat.
-
Navy WW2 bomb disposal specialist has missing medals replaced by his successor Navy unit
Second World War veteran Boyd Salmon served with an elite team in Europe which would later become the Diving and Threat Exploitation Group.