Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he ...

The history of El Al, the Israeli national flag carrier, dates back to September 1948, when a former Israeli Air Force ...

The battle of Byland, on 14 October 1322, was a crucial battle in the Wars of Scottish Independence. This absorbing study ...

The bitter fighting in the so-called Falaise-Argentan Pocket in August 1944, during which the Allies encircled and destroyed ...

From 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, the aircraft of the RAF’s Bomber Command and the United States 8th and 15th ...

In December 1944 the Third Reich was retreating. It was almost inconceivable that they could mount a counter offensive. To ...

Shortly after the British and Indian forces had withdrawn from Burma in the face of the Japanese onslaught in 1942, Colonel E ...

The airborne landings on D-Day played a major part in the success of the largest amphibious operation ever mounted. Yet just ...

The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analysed maritime tragedies of all time.

Wing Commander Vic Hodgkinson DFC served throughout the Second World War as a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force. His ...

It could happen in your town, in your street or on your doorstep. Would you watch and try to help or would you run?

The New Aviation began with a hang-gliding meeting on a sand-dune in southern California on 23 May 1971. The longest flight ...