When Peter Downward parachuted over the Rhine into enemy territory at 10.12am on March 24, 1945, he feared he’d not see Britain again. Around the 20-year-old, like a swarm of black flies against the ...
Brian was a tough paratrooper. He trained hard for his deployment with the British Army during . During his training, he learned how to identify minefields. Then, on the battlefield, he protected his ...
On the eve of the Normandy invasion, three planes carrying the members of Britain’s 13th Battalion took off for France. In addition to the 60 men aboard, each plane carried one dog. The story of how ...