GI Bill: 80 years of law that brought veterans back to civilian life after service on the frontline
US President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, today known as the US GI Bill.
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Feature Kohima: How close combat over a tennis court helped turn the war with Japan
22 June marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kohima, known as the 'Stalingrad of the East'.
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USA Partygoers rave about USS Hornet as aircraft carrier hosts Rattleship music fest
The Essex-class aircraft carrier-turned-museum based in Alameda, California, is set to host the two-day Rattleship music event.
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Navy Two Royal Navy patrol vessels mark Entente Cordiale in the first Paris visit for 20 years
The Entente Cordiale was signed in 1904 and ended centuries of conflict between the UK and France.
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D-Day Gold, Sword and Jelly? How the Normandy invasion beaches got their codenames
Did you know that one of the D-Day beaches was originally codenamed Jellyfish? And there was a sixth beach called Band?
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D-Day Royal Marine praises the 'mind-blowing' achievements of D-Day veterans on Sword Beach
Major Andrew Atkinson, Squadron Commander of 47 Commando, hails the achievement of the troops who landed on D-Day.
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Feature The liberation of Rome, a big achievement of WW2 that was overshadowed by D-Day
Coming just two days before D-Day, Rome was uncontested and was seized without any fighting.
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D-Day D-Day legacy passed on to RAF Air Cadets so memory of Normandy sacrifice not lost
The event was part of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Lighting Their Legacy torch roadshow
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D-Day Never-before-seen colourised photos of British Red Cross D-Day volunteers revealed
The images have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings
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D-Day How a web of deception tricked Hitler and paved the way for the Normandy Landings
Op Fortitude was designed to trick the Germans into thinking the invasion would either come from Norway or the Pas-de-Calais, not Normandy.
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D-Day Band of Brothers actors to honour D-Day soldiers with charity Normandy parachute jump
Any profits made from a documentary about the jump will support veterans' support organisations and other associated charities.
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Aircraft The piece of RAF history left abandoned in Cyprus' eerie buffer zone
Forces News takes a look around the remnants of the Avro Shackleton aircraft lying inside the UN buffer zone in Cyprus.
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D-Day Bayeux War Cemetery: The largest resting place for WWII Commonwealth soldiers in France
The Bayeux War Cemetery contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, with 338 of them remaining unidentified.
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Aircraft The Douglas Dakota: The unsung hero that helped win the Second World War
The unarmed aircraft flew low and slow, dropping paratroops on the eve of D-Day and resupplying Allied forces as the invasion began.
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Feature Ultra-rare gold coin worth £40,000 found by British Army veteran-turned-detectorist
The ex-Royal Engineers soldier found a Richard III Half Angel, sparking community interest and comparisons to Only Fools and Horses.
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D-Day WW2 Mosquito pilot, 103, urges Britons to learn from the mistakes of the past
RAF veteran and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Colin Bell survived 50 raids over Germany, including 13 over Berlin.