May 1945, Nazi Germany capitulated, bringing the Second World War in Europe to an end. Although a large part of France was no ...

May 1945, Nazi Germany capitulated, bringing the Second World War in Europe to an end. Although a large part of France was no longer occupied, there were still "pockets" of German resistance in ...

The Channel Islands, which is marking Liberation Day on Friday and Saturday, were the only part of the British Isles to be ...

He was part of the rear guard, keeping the Germans at bay while the main British Expeditionary Force was rescued from the beach at Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. "It was a sacrifice that had to ...

Dunkirk edges Saving Private Ryan as the UK’s favourite Second World War film - The Great Escape finished third in a new poll ...

But word eventually got around that everyone should make for Dunkirk, the last port not in German hands. From there they could be shipped back to England.But Dunkirk was turning into the least ...