Navy Bomb Disposal Team Detonates WWII Device
The 987kg German Second World War explosive was found in the wreck of a 17th-century warship.
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Veterans WWII Veteran Returns To Skies At RAF Ridgewell
Ninety-five-year-old Casey Bukowski served at the RAF station in Essex during the Second World War.
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Veterans WWII Veterans Celebrate Veterans' Day At Biggin Hill
The Second World War veterans shared stories in the hangar alongside an iconic Spitfire.
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Women New Exhibition Celebrates 250 Years Of Women And The Royal Navy
It tells the stories of some of the remarkable naval women who have served over the years.
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WWII Graveside Service Honours Battle Of Arnhem Heroes
At the cemetery, 1,770 soldiers are buried, including 1,650 British troops.
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WWII Mass Parachute Drop Marks Battle Of Arnhem Anniversary
British troops landed where they had done 75 years before for Operation Market Garden.
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WWII British Paratroopers To Recreate Historic Market Garden Jump Over Arnhem
Personnel from eight allied nations will descend to Arnhem's drop zone, 75 years on from Operation Market Garden.
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WWII Battle Of Arnhem: British WWII Veteran To Parachute Over Dutch City
Mr Cortmann hopes to tandem parachute over Ginkel Heath and land on the same drop zone he jumped on to more than seven decades ago.
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News Veterans Return To The Netherlands To Mark 75 Years Since The Battle of Arnhem
The battle claimed the lives of more than 1500 British soldiers and saw a further 6500 captured.
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WWII Honorary Citizenship For WWII Heroes Who Died Liberating The Netherlands
Over 300 former soldiers will be granted the unique honour by a Dutch town.
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WWII Para Veteran Unveils Operation Market Garden Monument In Arnhem
The Dutch city has been commemorating the 75th anniversary of Op Market Garden, which sought to capture a strategic bridge over the Rhine.
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WWII Operation Market Garden: 75 Years Since One Of The Largest Airborne Operations In History
The objective was to secure a bridge over the Rhine as part of an Allied invasion of Germany.
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Stories How WWII Nearly Ended A Year Early
Read the Forces Network's account of Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne assault in military history.
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WWII 'We Shall Prevail': Military Recreates King George VI's 1939 Speech
Members of the Defence Stammering Network have recreated the speech delivered to the nation when Britain declared war on Nazi Germany.
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WWII New Archive Reveals BBC's Role In Secret Activities During WWII
The BBC's Alexandra Palace transmitters were used as part of an RAF operation to distort the navigating system of Luftwaffe bombers.
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WWII What Events Led To Britain Entering World War Two?
3 September 2019 marks 80 years to the day since Britain entered the Second World War.