Loaded with tanks, aircraft and enough weapons to arm an entire Soviet army, Convoy PQ-17 pushed into the Arctic hoping to ...
Tony Ditcham, who has died aged 102, was continuously at sea during the Second War World and, as a midshipman, was one of the youngest winners of the Distinguished Service Cross. In the early hours of ...
When you think of Naval vessels, you're likely to conjure up gargantuan aircraft carriers and submarines. Chances are you would never think of a PT boat, and that's if you even know what one is. The ...
We tend to forget about the war in the Arctic, and about the Merchant Marine crewmen who sailed into waters heavily patrolled by Nazi U-boats that stalked them. World War II was such a sprawling ...
ARKHANGELSK, Russia (Reuters) - British and Russian World War Two veterans gathered on Wednesday in Arkhangelsk, 75 years to the day since Britain's first Arctic convoy of military supplies steamed ...