'Majestically Awful Sight': Loss Of HMS Antelope In Falklands War
The Type 21 frigate was destroyed as an unexploded Argentine bomb triggered while ordnance disposal experts tried to disarm it.
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History Op Haven: 30 Years Since 'A Very Special Operation'
Former Royal Marine Maj Gen (Ret'd) Andy Salmon has been recalling his time protecting Kurdish refugees in Iraq during Operation Haven.
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History Can Op Palliser Be Explained In Sixty Seconds?
800 soldiers were sent to Sierra Leone as part of military intervention in 2000
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RAF Spitfire Pilot's Battle Of Britain Medals Sell For £110,000
The auctioneers set a guide price of between £30,000 and £40,000 for the medals but a collector paid around three times that amount.
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Navy HMS Victory: New Gallery To Tell Visitors Story Of Nelson's Famous Ship
The gallery will detail the 256-year-old warship's story "from acorn to icon" when it opens after lockdown.
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WWII Bletchley Park: What Was Its Role In WW2?
The unassuming collection of huts in the heart of England proved crucial to the Allies defeating Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
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Long Reads Doorstep History: Memorial Trees In The Village Of Tylers Green
How one village in Buckinghamshire remembers those who died in the First World War
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History Sir Ernest Shackleton: His Military Career And Antarctic Expeditions
Sir Ernest Shackleton is best known for his endeavours in the Antarctic, but he was also a Royal Navy reservist and a former Army major.
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History WWII Chapel Altar Found And Returned After 56-Year Absence
The artefact had been absent from Talbot House in Belgium, where British soldiers took breaks from the trenches in WWI.
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WWII Lord Alanbrooke – Churchill’s Burden And Bulwark
One of the most important WW2 leaders you should have heard of.
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History RAF Church Marks 80 Years Since Blitz Bombing
Explore the history of St Clement Danes Church and its close bond with the Royal Air Force
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Russia Russia Marks 76th Anniversary Of Nazi Defeat
There were commemorations held right across the country in remembrance of the Second World War victory.
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VE Day Winston Churchill’s VE Day Speech In Full
Churchill's stirring words to cheering crowds in Whitehall, 76 years ago.
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History Doorstep History: The German Soldiers Buried In Warwickshire
Exploring the hidden military history of towns around the UK
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History Doorstep History: Walking In The Steps Of A King
A 579-mile route through England traces the steps of an escaping King Charles II …
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History Doorstep History: Cotswold Airport, WW2 And The Red Arrows
The doorstep history series explores the hidden pasts of towns and villages across the UK.