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As African men from the Fourteenth Army returned home in 1945, they found the war had brought subtle and profound change to the continent.
For millions of pre-partition Indian Army soldiers who had fought in the Far East, peace brought a number of challenges.
The incredible story of how Major John Monro escapes a Japanese POW camp during the Second World War and received the Military Cross.
8 May 1945 – Victory in Europe Day. After nearly six years of war Germany officially surrendered on 7 May 1945 and the conflict was finally over. Learn more here.
As the war ended in Europe, we share the VE Day stories of those who lived through it. Read some of the incredible recollections of that day here.
It can be difficult for people to relate to the struggles faced by military families. Read about their stories.
Nicci Pugh joined the Royal Navy as a QARNNS nurse, she shares her memories of the Falklands war.
Gurkha Nick Tamang served in 12 Platoon, D Company and was deployed to the Falklands in 1982. Forty years on he remembers his time in the conflict.
Trevor Bradshaw was only 21 when The Falklands War began. Now a counsellor, he looks back on his experiences from 1982.
At 9pm on Friday 8 May, the Legion took part in a UK-wide rendition of Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Forty years since the conflict, Royal Navy veteran Charlie Threlfall recalls his time in the Falklands and surviving the perils of San Carlos Water.
By the end of 1945 troops were back home in the UK. But a UK that looked very different from the one they’d left when at the outbreak of war.
Aged 17 when the Falklands War broke out, John Sheppard recalls his time as a young chef on board MSV Stena Seaspread during the conflict.
The Gulf War, fought from 1990 to 1991, saw the largest use of British troops in one deployment since the Second World War.
Donna Stonelake is a former Royal Navy Able Rating and mother of three whose husband, Mark, was injured whilst serving in Afghanistan.
In the UK there has been a huge increase in funding to help communities understand and celebrate the fight for recognition of Commonwealth soldiers.
