May 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, and peace in Europe. We commemorate the occasion with a selection of the greatest film scores accompanying depictions of the Second World War.

He was a pilot in the Battle of Britain at age 21. Those who fought in the three-and-a-half-month battle came to be known as “The Few,” following on then PM, Sir Winston Churchill.

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

Historians have described the Battle of Britain as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The battle began on July 10, 1940, and lasted until October 31, overlapping the ...

At the eastern end of the magnificent Lady Chapel built by King Henry VII is a chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940. This ...

This Spitfire had it all. It was a Mark Vc, the distillation of everything the Royal Air Force had learned in the desperate days of the Battle of Britain. "This is the gold standard," Martin ...

To successfully invade Britain, Germany needed to control the skies over the English channel. This led to the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, followed by the targeted bombing of towns and ...

One hundred Canadians were among them. Dubbed the Battle of Britain, it was the first decisive clash of Second World War and the first battle in history to be fought exclusively in the air.