Coffin was an Army captain and paratrooper during World War II and worked for the Central ... Olander wore a flack vest and helmet. Exploding cannon near this perimeter camp provided a ghastly ...

Based on Ben Macintyre’s book, the film tells the incredible true story of one of the most audacious military deceptions of World War II. Set in 1943, Operation Mincemeat follows two British ...

The auction also includes a collection of medals, photos and memorabilia relating to Sergeant Raymond William Greenley, the first British paratrooper to be dropped east of the Rhine on March 24 ...

A woman has been arrested after a car crashed into a British World War II memorial in France. The memorial, a Churchill AVRE Mark IV tank, is on permanent display at Sword Beach in Normandy next ...

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service have said the helmet is traceable A "too hot to handle" firefighter's helmet was stolen as more than a dozen crews dealt with a large-scale factory fire.

A total of 176 World War Two bombs have now been discovered under a children's playpark and it is feared more will be unearthed. The first of the practice devices, which still contain a charge ...

Paratroopers from Australia and Britain joined drop training exercises involving Japan and the United States for the first time to simulate rushing to the aid of a remote island under enemy attack.

BRUSSELS — The prize in this art heist is worth more than gold. To Romania, the ancient helmet is a priceless cultural heirloom. To the Netherlands, it’s a stolen artifact that authorities ...

An iceberg the size of a Hawaiian island - which is visible from space - and taller than London's Shard, is on course to smash into a remote British territory. The colossal A23a iceberg - the ...