Rose Jolliffe is an idealistic young woman living on a farm with her family in Saskatchewan. After C..

In the dying months of World War I Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world killing between 50 and..

Thousands of short stories were published during the First World War which coincided with the heyday..

On capture British officers and men were routinely told by the Germans ?For you the war is over?. No..

We take summer holidays for granted but back in the 1940s war had gripped Britain. Bombs fell beache..

No turkey. No fruit to make a decent pudding. No money for presents. Your children away from home; y..

Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of pape..

Feature films have created the stereotype of the Second World War prisoner of war. But the reality w..

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation..

How would it feel if all your sons and daughters were caught up in war? That was the heart-wrenching..

In Tudor England Mary Queen of Scots was under house arrest and her letters were censored so she sew..

In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..

After getting shot down in the skies over France in the winter of 1939 airman Robert Bozdech stumble..

In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war James Holland reveals not only the ..

In the second volume of his acclaimed new history of the Second World War James Holland examines the..