The medals of a fearless Second World War airman who survived a “suicidal dash” over the English Channel have been put up for sale for £100,000.

Here’s what you need to remember: On May 27, Rodney along with King George V took part in a naval duel against the German battleship, destroying Bismarck‘s guns. Rodney then closed to point ...

Chief Petty Officer Donald “Don” Bunce had already taken part in the famous sinking of the German battleship Bismarck when he was again called into action. In 1942 he was part of a three-man ...

I don't know, of course, what will happen next, but I must admit, Trump has shaken up the planet. Many stirred. Some are ...

In light of the discovery of Unity Mitford's diaries, I followed in her footsteps to this restaurant in Munich - though ...

David Mearns, a marine scientist and oceanographer based in Midhurst, told the PA news agency that recognition for his services to locating and recovering historic shipwrecks in the New Year ...

Concealed within dark, anonymous ships, Putin’s oil is still flowing through ... and commanded by a sort of renegade New South Wales German who, apparently on the strength of Bismarck’s victorious ...

Viceroy Lord Irwin inaugurated India’s first Parliament building. In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference began, which would ...

'Pursuit – The Sinking of the Bismarck' is a hardback of a little over 200 pages by the late Ludovic Kennedy (1919-2009). The dramatic end chapters describe the fast and well-armed Bismarck ...

Mr Mearns also led the successful search for the wreck of the British warship HMS Hood, which was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, killing 1,415 men. The wreck was located at a ...

after this the principle of the small cell groups of devoted party workers. *Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, also complained of the submissiveness of German character.