Memorial Unveiled Honouring WW2 Bomber Crew Killed In Crash
The seven-strong team on board lost their lives after they were mistakenly shot down by an RAF Bristol Beaufighter.
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History Commonwealth War Graves Commission: A Brief History
From Fabian Ware and Rudyard Kipling to the CWGC we know today
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News HMS Prince Of Wales: Enduring Symbol Of The US/UK Special Relationship
How HMS Prince Of Wales is tied to its predecessor and the first Second World War meeting between Churchill and FDR.
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WWII The Men Who Fought For Japan
A new book reveals the personal accounts of the Emperor's warriors in WW2.
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Veterans David Dushman: Last Surviving Auschwitz Liberator Dies Aged 98
David Dushman was the last surviving Allied soldier involved in the liberation of the death camp at Auschwitz.
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D-Day D-Day: British Normandy Memorial Unveiled In France On 77th Anniversary
The opening ceremony, featuring a message from Prince Charles, took place at the site in Ver-sur-Mer.
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WWII D-Day: The Normandy Landings In Pictures
D-Day – codenamed Operation Neptune – involved more than 156,000 Allied troops and thousands of vessels and aircraft.
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D-Day 10 Things You Need To Know About D-Day
6 June 2021 marks the 77th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
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Stories D-Day Secrets And Deception Games
Learn more about the critical, lesser-known operations that helped with the success of D-Day.
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WWII The Days After D-Day: What Happened Next
D-Day was just the start – the Battle of Normandy soon followed.
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D-Day D-Day 1944: The Unsung Heroes' Story
Learn how the invasion of Normandy was so much more than just an amphibious assault on five beaches...
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History D-Day: All You Need To Know About 1944's Normandy Landings
6 June 1944 was arguably the beginning of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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D-Day D-Day: British Normandy Memorial To Be Unveiled On 77th Anniversary
The Allied invasion of Normandy, known as D-Day, took place on 6 June 1944, and was the largest amphibious assault ever launched.
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WWII Crowland Buffalo: How A WW2 LVT Was Unearthed After 74 Years Underground
The buried amphibious vehicle was one of 16 Buffalo LVT landing craft deployed to protect the town of Crowland from floods in 1947.
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WWII 'A Bloody Good Fight' - The Allied Invasion Of Europe
As the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy, the fiercest battles of WWII lay ahead of them
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Aircraft 'Secret Spitfires' Memorial To Be Unveiled In July
The memorial will be a life-sized replica of a MK-9 Spitfire built during the Second World War by the 'Secret Workforce'.