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.

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 ...

Not yet, anyway. To deploy another wartime metaphor, it was more like the Battle of Britain, where against the odds a plucky, determined Few defeated a formidable enemy. When the RAF saw off the ...

That body blow was the Battle of Britain. It was something that “held the line” and made possible all that would follow on an arduous road to the defeat of Nazi Germany. However, Britain’s ...

The conquest of Britain, however, was a different challenge ... Altogether 544 Fighter Command airmen died in the battle – though the total RAF death toll including personnel in other commands ...

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.