It was a top secret allied mission to cripple the Nazi war machine throughout Europe during World War 2 - so secret that not ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako today made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th ...

The First Minister said it was important to remember the sacrifices of the past while war rages on in parts of the world ...

The First Minister will attend a memorial service in Edinburgh to commemorate the life of Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter.

Nearly all of Japan’s 21,000 soldiers on island killed during the fight, while the US side saw more than 6,800 fatalities.

Proud sailors from a Portsmouth warship hosted a VE Day street party to keep the memories of veterans alive and well.

Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter, of 43 Commando Royal Marines, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for bravery after he was killed in action in Italy in 1945. The First Minister gathered ...

Stuff a briefcase with fake military plans and attach it to the corpse of a Royal Marines officer who ... may suspect the SpitLip approach to World War II (though hewing to facts) has all the ...

The royal couple bowed deeply as they ... best associated with one of the most famous photos of World War II -- showing a group of US Marines raising the American flag on the rubble-covered ...