For sale - medals awarded to the hero who diffused 100 World War 2 German bombs Tale of extreme bravery only just comes to light as Captain Thomas “Tommy” Blackshaw's medals are put up for auction ...

Remarkable bravery of WWII's 'toughest soldier' revealed: Medals up for sale of boxer who fought in elite band of commandos taking on Nazis in secret raids ...

Cologne evacuates 20,000 so WW2 bombs can be defused The German city cordons off a huge area, calling it the largest evacuation since the end of World War Two. 7 hrs ago ...

Also on sale was a Blood Order medal, which carries the phrase: "and yet you were still victorious" - "und ihr habt dich gesiegt" in German - above a swastika emblem.

In November 1944, soldiers of the Dorsetshire Regiment fought and won a little-known but gruesome battle in a wood on the Dutch-German border. The 4th and 5th battalions had been tasked with ...