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3 unsung World War II woman spies who helped make D-Day an Allied victory
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoLise De Baissac was a leader in the French Resistance whose efforts contributed to the success of...
Country park's huge role in D-Day airborne assault
BBC via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoHours before the warships began their bombardment and the landing craft motored towards the beaches on 6 June 1944, British troops had already landed in northern France. Their mission was to ...
The Greek villages that helped British officers kidnap a Nazi general
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA view across the Old Venetian Harbour of Heraklion, once controlled by Nazi forces - David C...
Secret gallantry medals of British commando to be sold for £80,000
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe secret gallantry medals of a British commando who took part in one of the most audacious raids...
The most valuable medals from the greatest tales of wartime bravery
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn the evening of September 25 1943, 14 British and Australian special operations executive (SOE)...
Drunken Nazis and the birth of Bond: The real history behind The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOperation Postmaster was, according to one of the SOE men involved, “not really a military...
Author and wartime spy trainer Noreen Riols made MBE in New Year Honours
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoNoreen Riols, one of the last surviving female members of the French section of the Special...
The Man Who Used Nazi Propaganda to Help the Allies Win
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDaily Express foreign correspondent Sefton Delmer (1904 - 1979), making a propaganda broadcast to...
The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner
THE WARZONE via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMosquito BOAC WWII nuclear Matt Damon announces to the crowd, “We have an early Christmas present...
Cary Elwes Reveals His Family Connection to “Ungentlemanly Warfare”: 'This Is a Deeply Personal...
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoElwes' grandfather worked for the man he portrays in the film during World War II Doug...