Ahead of the VE Day 80th anniversary, Astrid Larsen, the daughter of Leif Anders “Shetlands” Larsen, is travelling on a ...

The Liberation Convoy, which followed the journey made by the so-called “Shetland Bus” during the war, was greeted with a floating salute as it arrived in Lerwick on Tuesday night. The ...

It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the 'Shetland Bus' was a real undercover operation carried out to ...

The Shetland Buses played a critical yet little known role in helping liberate Norway from German occupation during the Second World War.

A CONVOY has set sail for Shetland to honour the merchant sailors and special forces during the Second World War.

The Liberation Convoy was partly made of historic vessels that once sailed the daring North Sea route during WWII ...

It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the "Shetland Bus" was a real undercover operation carried out to help the resistance in Nazi-occupied Norway during World War Two.

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