Four veterans celebrated VE Day with a special trip on a high-speed World War Two vessel. As part of events ... but never got to board one, told the BBC it was a "wonderful" opportunity.

The role of pigeons during World War Two has been remembered as owners gathered for the start of a pigeon club's racing season. The birds carried vital messages about troop positions and early ...

The BBC and World War Two The BBC and World War Two When the Blitz began in the early-autumn of 1940, the BBC came under aerial attack like the rest of the country. Indeed, as newly-released ...

royals greeted and chatted to World War Two veterans, some of whom were in wheelchairs and decorated with medals. Among the guests was Harry Winter, a 103-year-old RAF veteran. He told the BBC he ...

War-winning radar technology was applied to many thousands of aircraft at RAF Defford, near Croome Court, between Worcester and Pershore. Show more War-winning radar technology was applied to many ...

I'm buying it for sentimental reasons,” he told BBC News NI. When the 74-year-old ... Nathalie attributes her passion for WW2 to her grandfather. "My grandad was in the war, he had to do forced ...

The battle for Berlin, unfolding in front of me in the town of Dubna, is one of many events in Russia for the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War Two. Katya's grandfather died in ...

Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan. One video, which had more than 400,000 views on X at the ...

World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she ...

The UK's oldest surviving World War Two veteran will be part of a special ... Al Murray ahead of the show's VE Day 80 Special on BBC One on Monday at 18:30 BST. Veterans charity The Not Forgotten ...

In the last months of World War Two, aircrews from an Essex airfield were responsible for dropping secret agents and supplies into enemy occupied territory. The men of 295 and 570 Squadrons ...

A World War Two Spitfire has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kent after losing power. Spitfire MJ627 came down in a field on Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, on Saturday evening ...