An audacious Allied plan in 1944 had the potential to swiftly end the war in Europe. German forces got advance warning from ...

Paddy is stopped running to London by a police officer in Northamptonshire, but ends up confiscating the copper’s bike to ...

The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux ...

Members of France’s 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (13e RDP ... "D-Day" commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) ...

The red light is switched on in the plane and the SAS boys prepare to jump and parachute. The date of 6th June 1944 is shown on screen - the date of the Normandy invasions. And the episode ends.

The BBC historical drama brings the lives of several real-life members of the Special Air Service to light, including Reg Seekings.

Seekings, along with his comrades, also took part in D-Day, landing by parachute. While in Normandy, he was hit in the back of the neck by a bullet which passed close to his spine. He carried the ...

He was one of just 21 people out of 64 who returned from the SAS' very first operation, a parachute drop in the ... and then a year later in Normandy he was hit by a bullet in the back of the ...