Audio unearthed of former Black Watch soldier recounting the horrors of Monte Cassino
Arthur Helps' experience of fighting at Monte Cassino was recorded when he visited a school two years before his death in 2000.
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WWII Monte Cassino: Remembering the brutal four-month Second World War battle 80 years on
The battle paved the way for the advance on Rome, but was costly in terms of human life and infamous for the destruction of the monastery.
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Feature Blackhorse: The legendary story behind 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment's nickname
A century after a deadly fire that almost wiped out a Californian town, we take a look at the unique story behind 11th ACR's nickname.
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News Hunt begins for mysterious artist behind Falklands painting that stunned veterans
The painting by the anonymous artists depicts the Argentine air attack on RFA Sir Galahad in Bluff Cove during the Falklands War.
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Army Unwrap Christmas relics of WWI and beyond at National Army museum
The museum, located in Chelsea, London, allowed Forces News to take a look at the relics not normally on display to the public.
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Cyprus Seven decades of stories to tell: Dhekelia Station officially marks 70th birthday
The original Army garrison, designed by the Royal Engineers, was built in 1953 at a cost of £10 million.
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USA British personnel mark Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at the USS Arizona Memorial
This year marks the 82nd anniversary of the Imperial Japanese Navy's surprise attack on the base in Hawaii that brought the US into WWII
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History Gas masks: How they evolved from the trenches to the Iranian Embassy siege and beyond
The gas mask was developed during the First World War after Germany launched the first chemical attack of the conflict in April 1915
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WWII A day of infamy: Why Imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941
The Japanese attack that brought the US into the Second World War was a long time coming and had world-altering consequences.
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Aircraft Immortal: The history of 809 Naval Air Squadron, a unit being reborn again
809 Naval Air Squadron has been engaged in several conflicts since 1941, and is being resurrected once again to fly the F-35B
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Aircraft First Royal Navy squadron to operate advanced F-35 jets to be stood up on Friday
809 Naval Air Squadron has been reformed, making it the first Royal Navy formation to fly the new Lightning
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Feature HMS Belfast, the Town-class London landmark that fired some of the first shots on D-Day
Take a look at the extraordinary career of HMS Belfast - the light cruiser that was saved from the scrapyard and sent to the River Thames
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WWII Hitler's 1,350 tonne super gun intended to destroy France in WW2
Nazi Germany's Schwerer Gustav was the largest artillery piece in history to ever open fire in anger
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King Charles British Army battles the elements to fire gun salutes for King Charles III's 75th birthday
Ceremonial gun salutes are marking the monarch's birthday, including a 41-gun salute that was fired at midday from Green Park in London
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Remembrance Engraver of microscopic Remembrance poem says it symbolises unseen sacrifices
Graham Short inscribed 405 characters onto a piece of metal from his Grandfather's First World War cap badge
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Remembrance Armistice Day: Police guard Cenotaph in London amid pro-Palestine demonstration
An exclusion zone will be put in place using metal barriers covering Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade, the Westminster Abbey Field of ...