World war 2 gay soldiers

Stephen Bourne reveals some of the varied experiences of homosexual men who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. In , the heroic Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed published a memoir called Arise to Conquer.

Soldiers separated from their loved ones during World War II gazed at photographs of their sweethearts, and wrote love letters in the hopes that one day, they would be reunited and start a family.