MI5's wartime secrets revealed: How a German spy was betrayed by a lemon
MI5 has opened up its secret archives to put case files, photographs and original equipment used by MI5 agents on public display.
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Veterans Chelsea Pensioner and last survivor of Raiding Support Regiment turns 103
John Morris served on operations in Albania, Yugoslavia, Montenegro and Greece and went on to have a career in the TA after the war ended.
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Remembrance Not just overseas: The 160,000 war graves hidden in plain sight across the UK
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cares for more than one million graves worldwide.
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RAF Crowds to hear roar of Lancaster as Battle of Britain Memorial Flight begins 2025 season
Spitfires and Hurricanes to mark 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain at events across the UK.
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WWII The Bagpipes of Belsen: How the Scottish instrument signalled the sound of liberation
Bill 'The Mad Piper' Millin marched into the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp playing the bagpipes as it was being liberated by the British.
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Feature Bergen-Belsen: How British troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp
On 15 April 1945, the British Army found 60,000 prisoners who were in desperate need of help and medical attention.
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WWII Fake news is just another name for propaganda, warns Bergen-Belsen survivor
Alfred Garwood, 82, speaks of his childhood memories of life in the Nazi concentration camp and its liberation by the British Army in 1945.
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Feature They Were There: The WW2 project by the maverick pilot who flew under Tower Bridge
Flt Lt Alan Pollock is known around the world for flying his Hawker Hunter through Tower Bridge in 1968.
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Feature The real Maverick: The RAF pilot who flew his Hunter through Tower Bridge
Flt Lt Alan Pollock carried out the stunt as a protest and is one of only a few people to have flown through the iconic London landmark.
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Aviation History Last Battle of Britain pilot honoured as name added to Hawker Hurricane
A lasting tribute has been unveiled for Group Captain John 'Paddy' Hemingway, the final surviving pilot from the battle.
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Veterans Betty Webb, Bletchley Park codebreaker and tireless advocate, dies aged 101
The Légion d'Honneur recipient was one of the last surviving members of the top-secret effort that helped bring an end to the war.
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VE Day Poppies installation returns to Tower of London to mark VE Day 80 commemorations
The main installation will resemble a wound at the centre of the Tower of London, with poppies flowing out over the lawn.
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History WW1-era Fokker D.VII to be lent to Dutch museum amid confusion over its origins
Researchers say the Fokker D.VII aircraft on display at the Deutsches Museum near Munich may have belonged to the Dutch navy.
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WWII Iconic WW2 steam train built by women takes to the tracks again after restoration
The SR Merchant Navy class locomotive No. 35005 Canadian Pacific has been lovingly restored.
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Naval History Royal Navy celebrates 125 years of epic and legendary field gun battles
The long-standing Royal Navy tradition encourages teamwork, discipline and an interest in military heritage.
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Feature The Flying Sikh: One man's determination to serve his country during First World War
Flight Lieutenant Hardit Singh Malik was the only Sikh airman to fly with the RFC and RAF during the First World War.