When World War Two broke out in September 1939, Britain called upon countries from across the British Empire for help. The contribution from people across the empire was crucial in helping Britain ...

As well as plucky Brits, there were many volunteers from the British Empire and refugees from Nazi ... see a Battle of Britain dogfight in action. WW2: Did the war change life for women?

The study of Empire has always been political. But with support for Brexit partly explained by pundits as imperial nostalgia, and the sweeping rise of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the ...

One snapshot shows Ann Armitage and Betty Leverton who served in the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service (LAAS), which was set up to provide extra support during WW2. In their wooden ambulance ...