Dunkirk: The Memories Of Veterans Who Were There
We remember the stories of veterans with different experiences of the evacuation, 80 years on.
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News WWII Veteran Sandy Cortmann Dies Aged 97
The former paratrooper recreated his jump over Arnhem for the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden last year.
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WWII Collection Of 'Secret' World War Two Spy Gadgets Sold At Auction For Thousands
The collection is made up of “escape and evade” items sent to British soldiers trapped in France.
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WWII Remnants Of Nazi Power: 75 Years Since 'The Flensburg Government'
Despite the Allied victory in Europe declared on 8 May 1945, it was not quite the end of the Nazi Third Reich.
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WWII The Spitfire Shot Down Over Dunkirk... And Still Flying Today
The aircraft was shot down in 1940, and it was decades before it was rediscovered on a Dunkirk beach.
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WWII Dunkirk 80th Anniversary: Ten-Minute History Lesson
The stakes could not have been higher. The remnants of the BEF stood exposed on the beach, hoping to be saved
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WWII Operation Chastise: 77 Years Since The Dambusters Raid
Of the 133 Allied aircrew that took part, 53 British airmen lost their lives in the eight planes that were shot down or crashed.
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WWII Odette Hallowes: The WWII British Spy
Odette Hallowes was tortured by the Gestapo, yet survived the war to become one of Britain's most decorated spies
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Veterans WWII Veteran: 'The Comradery In The SAS Was Like Nothing Else'
WWII veterans like Alec Borrie received a charity gift to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day
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Russia Putin Marks Russia's Victory Day Anniversary With Virus-Reduced Ceremony
A military parade and a mass procession had to be postponed as part of measures to control the spread of coronavirus.
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Veterans Battle Of Britain Veteran Dies Leaving Last Surviving Member Of 'The Few'
Terry Clark was one of "The Few", the air crew who took to the skies to defend the UK against the German Luftwaffe.
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VE Day UK Falls Silent In Remembrance
The country observed a two-minute silence 75 years after the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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VE Day Veterans Praised For 'Unimaginable Courage' By the First Minister of Wales
Mark Drakeford spoke with Welsh veterans via a video chat and over the phone.
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VE Day Winston Churchill’s VE Day Speech In Full
Churchill's stirring words to cheering crowds in Whitehall
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WWII Former Royal Marine Recalls Guernsey Liberation Day
Royal Marine veteran Joe Corless was sent to help liberate the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945 - the day after VE Day.
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VE Day VE Day: Why Not All Germans Stopped Fighting
Germans refer to the end of the war as ‘Stunde Null’ or ‘Hour Zero’ - the start of a brand-new era and a complete break with the past.