Responsible for daring assignments like Operation Postmaster, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was given a mission to ...

As a pilot with the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) between 1940 and 1945, Ms Curtis was said to have flown "13 days on, two days off" for 62 consecutive months, in a range of aircraft.

As a pilot with the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) between 1940 and 1945, Ms Curtis was said to have flown "13 days on, two days off" for 62 consecutive months, in a range of aircraft.

If WW3 was to break out it is possible women could be conscripted to help serve the country, and as tensions rise across the ...

During WW2, while millions of men were fighting on the frontline, women played a major role in the war efforts.

Although the RAF and a few British regiments lifted their colour bar, the Royal Navy accepted no black crew. ... When WW2 broke out, the women of Britain kept the country moving once again.

A new book, ‘The British Cat and Dog Massacre: The Real Story of World War Two’s Unknown Tragedy’ tells the heartbreaking, but little-known, story of the 750,000 dogs and cats euthanised ...

Women who played vital roles during World War Two are to be celebrated in an exhibition at the International Bomber Command Centre. Ten women have been chosen by the centre, in Lincoln, "to ...