WWII

In the spring of 1945, Allied armies began their final advance into the heart of Nazi Germany. After weeks of intense fighting, they secured victory, ending the most destructive war in Europe’s history. This hard-won result was greeted with celebration in Britain and across the Commonwealth. Throughout the winter and spring of 1944-45, the western […]

This was a British low-level air attack on Amiens prison in German-occupied France undertaken by 19 de Havilland Mosquito FB.Mk VI aircraft led by Group Captain P. C. Pickard (18 February 1944).  Taking part in the mission were 18 aircraft of the RNZAF’s No. 487 Squadron, RAAF’s No. 464 Squadron and RAF’s No. 21 Squadron,

He maybe a coward by name but certainly not by nature. Charles Joseph Coward was a British soldier who smuggled himself into a WW2 Nazi concentration camp! Born in 1905 Charles joined the Army in 1924 and was serving as Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Major with the Royal Artillery in France 1940 when he took part