It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
Symphony No.7 became a national symbol of resistance to the German invasion, and the Soviets were eager to export it to the…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has conducted thousands of flypasts at events up and down the country, taking part in over…
A controversial amateur archaeology programme has aired on Channel 5, despite widespread condemnation from archaeologists, academics, and heritage professionals across the UK and abroad. Battlefield Recovery,…
One of the key questions often asked about Leni Riefenstahl is was she Hitler’s lover? Rumours of an affair were common at…
‘I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.’ So spoke J Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who developed the atom bomb. Marking…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
Barnes Wallis was one such man. A brilliant aircraft designer with a flair for what we in the 21st-century would glibly call…