The United Nations’ role in the Congo crisis between 1960 and 1964 saw its largest deployment of men and some of its most controversial actions. Until 1960, the Congo had been a colony of Belgian but in 1960, Belgian announced that it was giving the Congo its independence. Belgian

  The Spitfire’s maiden flight was on March 5th 1936. It finally entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1938. It remained in service with the RAF until 1955.   During this time, 20,351 Spitfires were built and about 50 are still flying in 2007.   Though it

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was formed in September 1938. The ATS was made up from three organisations – the Emergency Services, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and the Women’s Legion. All three were combined into one organisation known as the Women’s Auxiliary Defence Service, which was itself, absorbed into

Admiral William Halsey was a senior American naval commander in the Pacific region during World War Two. Halsey led the naval forces that accompanied the army and marines to places like the Philippines and Okinawa. By the time of his retirement, Halsey held the rank of Fleet Admiral. William

The memories of soldiers who fought in the trenches in World War One are a fascinating source about life in the war. Primary source memories from World War One have given historians a vast resource to use. “Whilst asleep during the night, we were frequently awakened by rats running