With an over-sized coat around his shoulders and his meagre luggage tied to together with string, he was just one among ...

From Lord Patrick, who was shot down over German lines and captured in France in 1918, to Laura Kuenssberg’s grandfather, ...

‘For days past there has been no real news and little possibility of inferring what is really happening,” wrote George Orwell in his diary, on 28 May 1940. “Last night, E[ileen] and I went ...

Very soon the British Expeditionary Forces found themselves encircled at Dunkirk. Dunkirk evacuation map The German High Command on the 27th May announced that ‘The British Army is encircled, and our ...

It is believed that he had to retreat, part of a mass evacuation of hundreds of thousands of troops from the beaches around Dunkirk, and later from Normandy. Little is known about what happened to ...

The most vital component of our Day of Remembrance is not the string of victories but our collective belief in the right of a ...

Aside from already developing Gladiator III as Gladiator II is about to hit cinemas, the Hollywood director continues to bring historical epics like Napoleon to the big screen. The latest from The ...

Following the German advance, the BEF found itself in retreat, leading to a mass evacuation of hundreds of thousands of troops from the beaches around Dunkirk, and later from Normandy. Little is ...

Casey Veil (left, black shirt) and Treven Iverson (right, sunglasses) of Jamestown pose with volunteers and the supplies they ...

There they delivered a message from the German garrison commander. He wanted a truce to permit evacuation of Dunkirk’s 20,000 civilians before the final battle, in which the city was certain to ...