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.
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Cyprus Swapping Bullets For Bayonets: Personnel Mark Battle Of Meeanee
The 2nd Battalion the Mercian Regiment in Cyprus has commemorated the historic military victory.
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Feature The military barber who has kept Cyprus-based personnel trimmed for generations
Michael is something of an institution in Dhekelia, Cyprus.
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Aviation History New WWII Museum At Former Biggin Hill Airfield Opens To Public
Biggin Hill was the busiest airfield during the Battle of Britain and Churchill called it his "strongest link".
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WWII Mass Normandy Parachute Landing To Mark 75 Years Since D-Day
D-Day saw 156,000 troops land in Normandy in June 1944.
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History Poignant Commemorations Mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and remember its six million Jewish Victims.
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Technology Black Arrow: Britain’s First Ever Rocket Returns Home
The programme was the first and so far only successful British rocket to successfully place a satellite into orbit.