Honouring sacrifice: A brief history of the Royal British Legion's iconic poppy
From Flanders Fields to wearing it on Remembrance Day and everything in between
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Feature Why top-secret unit's three witches emblem meant toil and trouble for the Nazis
The emblem was used by Intelligence School 9, part of MI9, during their covert operations in Holland in 1944.
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Feature How the sinking of a Second World War ship led to one of the UK's last witch trials
Medium Helen Duncan claimed to have spoken with the ghost of a sailor who died when HMS Barham sank in 1941, upsetting the Admiralty.
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Feature Great British Battle Commanders and the six reasons why they were a success
A new BFBS Forces News podcast, featuring defence analyst Michael Clarke, analyses figures from British history who were successful leaders.
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Feature SAS Daggers Drawn: Empathy and imagination, not just sabotage and slaughter
Damien Lewis' new book shows how the SAS embraced people with neurodiversity as well as fighting ability during the Second World War.
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Feature Family's pride as veteran, 99, honoured by two generations of female air force personnel
RAF and USAF women joined forces to celebrate Stella Brecht's pioneering WAAF service and legacy for female aviators.
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Feature Op Cat Drop: How RAF's feline supply drop saved Malaysian village from rat invasion
And all because WHO were trying to reduce deadly malaria cases in the area.
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Explainers How the military stages a civilian evacuation from a dangerous or unstable country
The process of evacuating British nationals from another country is called a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation.
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Feature Brains and brawn: Why I had to write about fiercely ambitious SAS Original Reg Seekings
Tony Rushmer's new book SAS Duty Before Glory reveals the extraordinary story Reg Seekings - one of the Special Air Service Originals.
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Feature Glorious Glosters: Memories of the brutal Korean War
More than 700 Glosters fought in the brutal and bloody Battle of Imjin.
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Feature A beret too far? Did famous drop zone scene in A Bridge Too Far actually happen?
The iconic scene has kept fans questioning its accuracy for nearly 50 years, but Al Murray finally sets the record straight.
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Feature Black Tuesday: Al Murray delves into the pivotal day during Op Market Garden
The comedian and historian doesn't think the operation was necessarily doomed to fail - until everything changed on 19 September 1944.
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Army Battle of Arnhem: The airborne operation that really was a bridge too far
The Allies aimed to thrust 64 miles into enemy-controlled territory, gain control of nine key bridges and have a springboard into Germany.
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Feature Lee: The female reporter who catalogued the horrors of the Second World War
Kate Winslet's new film documents the career of Lee Miller, who captured some of the most thought-provoking and iconic images of the war.
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USA Medal of Honor v Presidential Medal of Freedom: How the US's highest honours compare
Former US President Donald Trump controversially compared a civilian award favourably to the US Medal of Honor.
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Feature Dragoon: Why the op you've never heard of was the worst day of Hitler's life
Also known as the other D-Day, Operation Dragoon opened up a new front against Nazi Germany in southern France.