Between 26 May and 4 June, after retreating from the rapid German advance across western Europe, approximately 338,000 Allied ...

RAF's success in the Battle of Britain. It was deployed across the UK as part of an early warning system which detected ...

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding was the head of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, and the main architect ...

The RAF base at Biggin Hill, south-east of London, played a central part in the Battle of Britain. Part of 11 Group, it was ...

Fighter Command was one of three functional commands – along with Bomber Command and Coastal Command – of the Royal Air Force ...

On 18 June, after France fell to the Germans, Winston Churchill delivered his 'Finest Hour' speech, rallying the country for ...

During the conflict, civilians volunteered or were conscripted into jobs to help the war effort. Whether it was joining new ...

In many ways, Christmas 1940 was the first war-time Christmas of World War Two. Celebrating during heavy rationing and ...

Throughout World War Two, in a massively complex and dramatic operation, approximately three million people were evacuated ...

All Aberdeen's excellent work in the first quarter of the season is in danger of unravelling. Having looked like a stick-on ...

Former Hibs skipper Ian Murray is hoping for a better standard of fare at Tynecastle on Thursday after describing the ...

A man has been charged with murder after the death of another man at a house, police have said. Merseyside Police said they ...