This collection of stories is the perfect introduction to events that shaped the twentieth century - packed with fighting facts and black-and-white photographs, it is an essential accompaniment to the sixtieth anniversary of VE Day.

Find out how. . .

The 250,000 soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy fared against the waiting German army.

Britain's best fighter pilots stopped the sinister V1 flying bombs from blasting London.

A female secret agent avoided capture by the Gestapo after parachuting into occupied France.

A Lancaster bomber damaged in the air over Berlin defeated the odds and made it home to Britain.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Pan Macmillan .

Peter Hepplewhite is a former history teacher, currently working as an education officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service. Neil Tonge has worked for over thirty years as a history teacher and adviser, and is currently organising Millennium events for children.