Ernest “Smokey” Smith crawls through the rain-drenched night, his uniform caked with mud ... Now, they have the perilous task ...

In one of WWII's most controversial pacts, Spain's Franco sent a volunteer division to fight for Germany, but not for the ...

The Colditz Story is considered a classic film within British cinema since it first appeared on the big screen in 1955, and ...

This British war film that was released in the 1950s and is based on the real-life of a famed British army officer who was ...

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Maureen Stiles will be coming to The Hold in Ipswich to share the story of her father Frank Slinn, who fought in the Second World War and ...

He single-handedly held off 250 German troops and six tanks, saving an entire company. And that was just the start of what he ...

Watching zombie horror on Halloween is the perfect fit, but it isn't the only time to indulge in some greatly scary stuff.

A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne.

The film's synopsis reads: "German soldiers (Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel) go from victory to ...

A World War Two veteran celebrated his 100th birthday with an emotional surprise that took him straight back to his army days ...

Spike Milligan's sense of fun and way with words helped his son write 'A Book Of Poems For People Under 4ft 2"', a work which ...