Family Of WW2 Spitfire Pilot Watches As His Aircraft Is Miraculously Uncovered
The family of a hero Spitfire pilot who died when his plane crashed in World War Two watched as archaeologists recovered the remains of the ...
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News 98-Year-Old WW2 Veteran Receives Medal 73 Years After Service
A 98-year-old WW2 veteran and Spanish Civil War hero is set to receive his sixth wartime medal.
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News Pub Undergoes WW2 Makeover For Remembrance Day
Camouflage netting and sandbags were seen piled high up the walls of the popular watering hole following a week-long redecoration...
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News Ex-WW2 Pilot Fulfills Dream Of "Final Flight"
A World War Two pilot who was dreamed of having "one last flight" has fulfilled his dream after he took to the skies at the age of 96.
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WWII Bletchley Park: The Key To WW2 Victory
The unassuming collection of huts in the heart of England, that proved crucial to the Allies defeating Nazi Germany...
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Radio SAS: Ghost Patrol - The Extraordinary Story Of An Ultra-Secret Fighting Unit During WW2
"... this is one of the most remarkable stories of wartime lawlessness, eccentricity and raw courage in the face of impossible odds - a ...
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Stories Malta: The Country That Was Awarded The George Cross
The Mediterranean island endured more than 150 days of relentless Second World War bombing that brought the country close to starvation and ...
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WWII The White Cliffs Of Dover: Why Do They Mean So Much To The Forces?
Forces' Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has praised the British public after £1 million was raised to secure the future of the White Cliffs of ...
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Radio New Book To Shed Light On Royal Navy WWII Codebreaking Hero
A new book has been launched celebrating the life and achievements of the first head of GCHQ, Royal Navy Commander Alastair Denniston...
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WWII Making The Best Of It: The 9 Weirdest WWII Re-Uses
With a campaign having been launched to save fences made from WWII stretchers that now adorn council estates in London, we take a look at a ...
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News Wreck Of WW2 Ship Discovered In Philippine Sea
Researchers have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the Second World War heavy cruiser that played a crucial role in the Hiroshima ...
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News Campaign Launched To Save WW2 Stretcher Fences
Did you know that metal stretchers which carried the injured during the Blitz, were re-used to make fences in London?
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Stories Military Glasshouse: Firing Squads, Executions And The Condemned Man’s Cell
Step inside the 'haunted' military glasshouse prison that was feared by British armed forces and where prisoners faced execution
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News Service for 96 Year Old WW2 Veteran And Tireless Military Campaigner
A World War Two gun carriage has carried a Normandy veteran's body to his funeral in Canterbury. 97-year-old Albert Figg – a campaigner and ...
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News Celebrating The Vehicles That Helped Win WW2
A festival of war and peace is taking place in Kent which celebrates the people, the equipment and the vehicles that helped win the Second ...
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RAF On This Day: Churchill Delivers 'This Was Their Finest Hour' Speech
On this day in 1940 Winston Churchill delivered his famous 'This Was Their Finest Hour' speech to the House of Commons.