My Grandad's name is Leonard Milsom. He fought in the Second World War. He lived in a village in Somerset called Radstock and was called up to fight in the army. His 21st Birthday was his first night ...

This is a story about my Grandad, who died 3 years before I was born, in 1988. I got the story from my Dad. In 1940, when all of the British troops had to be evacuated from France, my Grandad did ...

History Purposes Only!! Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. British and French troops waiting on the dunes at Dunkirk to be picked up by the Destroyers and taken back to England, May 1940. British and French troops waiting ...