The War Over Britain 1939-45

By early 1943 enough evidence had accumulated in Britain of German secret weapon development to alert several of the respon...

HOME GUARD “Dad’s Army.” The British civil defense force, founded on May 14, 1940. Originally called the “Local Defense Volunteers,” it...

British codename for decoy fires that were ignited during German air raids in December 1940 to attract enemy bombers from their real targ...

  A 12,000lb HC blockbuster pictured in the factory minus-tail unit. A 12,000lb HC blockbuster being dropped.   'Bloc...

Starfish decoy control bunker A Second World War bombing decoy site at Stockwood. It was built in 1940 as a 'Permanent Starfish...

The Blitz hit Britain in the autumn and winter nights of 1940–41. This was not the time to be in a trench or an Anderson shelter in one’s...