Think You Have Nothing In Common With WWI & WII Veterans? Think Again...
Today's armed forces might think their lives are different from First & Second World War veterans but a closer look tells a different story
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Stories George Arthur Roberts: Soldier, Firefighter And Pioneering Civil Rights Activist
The inspirational story of a man from Trinidad and Tobago who fought tirelessly for race equality and wounded veterans
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Navy We Give You: Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince Of Wales In All Her Glory
All the gen on HMSPWLS - dimensions, engines, facilities, facts and figures
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Remembrance Fallen Honoured At National Memorial Arboretum Remembrance Service
Veterans, serving personnel and members of the public from across the UK were in attendance.
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Remembrance IN PICTURES: Armistice Day 2019
Events to remember the fallen were held across the UK, a century after the very first Armistice Day in 1919.
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Germany Berlin Wall: How It Felt Watching It Fall In 1989
Former British Sector official Barry Davies has returned to the spot where he witnessed the historic moment in November 1989.
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Cold War What Was It Like Living In Cold War East Germany?
Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a woman shares her experience living on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
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Remembrance Remembrance Poems In Full – As We Honour The Fallen
Here are some of the most poignant poems often recited to reflect on Remembrance Day
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History Berlin 30: The Fall Of The Wall
30 years since the wall was built, Forces Radio BFBS retraces history
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Germany The Berlin Wall: Then And Now
Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Forces News take a look at how the German capital has changed.
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Cold War Special Report: Meet The Real Cold War Spies Of BRIXMIS
At the height of the Cold War, 31 British troops were allowed in and out of East Germany for three decades.
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Cold War BRIXMIS: How Did Personnel On The Cold War Mission Do Their Jobs?
They were some of the only Western forces to regularly get up close and personal with the enemy during the Cold War.
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Royal Marines Royal Marines Assault Group Renamed
The renaming coincides with the 75th anniversary of one of the group's greatest battles.
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Cold War How 'Real Cold War Spies: BRIXMIS' Was Made
Forces News reporter Rosie Laydon gives a behind the scenes account on the making of Real Cold War Spies: BRIXMIS.
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Cold War BRIXMIS: The Cold War Mission Through The Eyes Of A British Spy
Dave Butler goes back to Germany to retrace his footsteps of the mission which changed the Cold War.
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Cold War Former British Military Chief 'Had No Idea' Berlin Wall Would Fall In 1989
General Lord Richards shared his thoughts with Forces News in an interview ahead of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.