Voice Of WWII Veterans Recorded For Online Archive
'Voices of Liberation' has been set up to commemorate more than 100,000 service personnel who died in 1944.
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Naval History Britain's 'Sistine Chapel': Preserving More Than 300 Years Of Naval History
Repairs to the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich have taken three years.
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Feature Virtual Reality: Visualising the daring Dambusters Raid
Have you ever wondered how it felt to be part of the iconic Dambusters squadron?
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Aviation History WWII Plane To Be Restored To Glory After Arriving In The UK In 2006
Do you know which plane was the first to see action in the Second World War?
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WWII Forgotten People, Forgotten War - Love Letters, Operation Ariel And 'The Phoney War'
Writer Peter Ledger's look at the comparatively under-studied early period of WW2, through the eyes of an anti-aircraft gunner and his wife.
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Women Shaping The Service: 70 Years Since The Women's Royal Army Corps Was Founded
Women have been part of the British Army for 100 years.
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WWII New D-Day Sculpture To Mark 75 Years Since 'Heroic Sacrifice'
The monument has been built in tribute to the 4,414 Allied servicemen who lost their lives in the first 24 hours of the Normandy landings.
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Arctic/Antarctic Ice Pick From Doomed Captain Scott Antarctica Expedition To Be Auctioned
Captain Scott and four others died as they made their way back from the South Pole.
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WWII WWII In Colour: Rare Photographs Bring Aerial Battles To Life
The collection includes original images of aircraft and also the crew who flew them.
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Scotland 'Interactive' Trench That Brought WWI To Life Closes For Final Time
The replica trenches aimed to allow the public to better experience the lives of Great War soldiers.
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History Mi Amigo: The 10 Heroes Who Fell From the Sky
The American airmen were killed in a crash in 1944 but their actions on that fateful day are thought to have saved many lives.
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Remembrance May Bank Holiday Could Be Moved To Mark 75th Anniversary Of VE Day Next Year
Across Europe, countries celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany with a public holiday every year.
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WWII Fears Dunkirk 'Little Ships' Could Be Scrapped
The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships says proposed changes could mean some Little Ships will be scrapped or abandoned.
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WWII A World Turned Upside Down – British Defeat In Malaya And Singapore
A look at the colossal defeat suffered by Britain during the Second World War at the hands of the Japanese.
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WWI Family WWI Heirlooms Preserved Forever In Digital Archive
Historians are creating a digital archive of family heirlooms to preserve the stories of ordinary people who lived during the Great War.
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WWII 'Hitler Paintings' Fail To Sell At Auction
Watercolours attributed to Adolf Hitler reportedly received no bids.