On 8 May this year it's the 80th anniversary of VE - or Victory in Europe - Day, with special concerts, remembrance services ...

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Sir Thomas Peirson Frank was a civil engineer and surveyor best known for protecting London from floods during World War II.

Imagine stepping off the vibrant streets of London, descending into a hidden bunker where history was written during the darkest days of World War II—the Churchill War Rooms. As you enter, the air ...

The stamp features Sir Thomas Peirson Frank, the ICE’s 82nd President, as part of celebrations marking 80 years since the end ...

FIGHTER pilot Joe Peterburs had to wait 80 years to complete his 50th wartime mission. His first attempt was in April 1945 ...

AN ICONIC wooden car has been discovered in the wreckage of the famed US warship, downed by a Japanese submarine during WWII. Historians are baffled as to why the 1940-41 black Ford Super Deluxe ...

Today, AD joins architect Nick Potts in London to uncover the city’s ancient Roman origins. Before London, there was ...

A woman has published a memoir featuring heartfelt letters between her grandparents, written in World War Two, which showed ...

With World War II on the horizon, animal keepers in cities around the world had to face one question: What would happen to ...

She was part of a code-breaking operation, and spent the last decades of her life talking—and learning more—about her ...

A 100-year-old woman has shared her memories of when she was evacuated from Guernsey ahead of the German Occupation in World ...