Mass Normandy Parachute Landing To Mark 75 Years Since D-Day
D-Day saw 156,000 troops land in Normandy in June 1944.
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News WWII Rescue Vessel Safely Arrives At New Home
The World War Two vessel has arrived in Hartlepool.
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WWII Prince Charles Visits Wartime Air Raid Shelter
The Prince of Wales saw the shelter while visiting a project marking his 70th birthday.
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History Poignant Commemorations Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and remember its six million Jewish Victims.
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WWII Dig For Victory: Do You Have Photos Or Memories Of The Wartime Campaign?
The Royal Horticultural Society is planning a commemorative exhibition of the campaign.
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WWII Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 Remembers Those 'Torn From Home'
The annual event looks to raise awareness not only of the atrocities of Nazi Germany but genocides that have followed.
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Veterans One Of The Last Survivors Of The Dambusters Raid Dies
Fred Sutherland was an air gunner on a Lancaster bomber which attacked German dams in 1943.
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UK Clean-Up Underway On Vandalised RAF Memorial
The Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park was among a number in London splashed in white paint.
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WWII Dream Come True: Pensioner's Wish For Flypast Tribute Is Honoured
The campaign to fulfil the wish of the 82-year-old went viral on Twitter.
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WWII German Wartime Parachute Mine Caught By Fishing Boat
The Navy was among those called after the weapon was found off the south Devon coast.
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Veterans Hundreds Attend Dambusters Couple's Funeral After RAF Appeal
The couple had no children or surviving family so RAF Cosford put out a public appeal for mourners.
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UK 'Utterly Tragic': Central London War Memorials Vandalised
A number of monuments in the city have been vandalised with white paint.
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WWII Remains Of Six Holocaust Victims Laid To Rest After Decades In Museum Archive
The ashes and bones of the six unknown victims were sent from Auschwitz to the Imperial War Museum in London in 1997.
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WWII D-Day Veterans Invited To 75th Anniversary Commemorations
The Defence Secretary has written an open letter inviting all veterans of the landings to take part in commemorations in June.
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Stories Absolute Legends: The Man Who Went From Army PTI To Managing In A World Cup Final
How one of the most successful ever international football managers went from British Army PTI to coaching Sweden in a World Cup final
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WWII 'Really Big Moment': D-Day Veteran Receives Highest French Honour
Ray Mellors was awarded the Legion d'honneur for his service during the Second World War.