Ghostly Nazi Germany fleet emerges from the Danube due to Europe's scorching heatwave
Months of heatwaves and drought have left the River Danube at critically low levels across Europe
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History Hell ship: PoWs' families get closure as wreck of Hōfuku Maru and its lost souls found
The notorious hell ship has been located off the Philippines, providing closure for families of PoWs lost during the Second World War
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WWII A shoreline of sacrifice: Normandy's D-Day beaches win UNESCO World Heritage honour
Many believe the D-Day landings on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944 marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War
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History Young crews and deadly missions: How RAF Bomber Command took the air war to Nazi Germany
More than 55,500 young men died flying with Bomber Command during the Second World War, more than the number who serve in the entire RAF ...
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Ukraine How Ukraine has rediscovered the strategic value of blood learned in Second World War
Historian Roderick Bailey says there are very strong parallels between Ukraine and WW2 in terms of blood supply
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D-Day D-Day veterans return to Normandy as 98 missing names are added to memorial
Two 100-year-old D-Day veterans were among those who returned to Normandy to mark 82 years since the Allied landings
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Opinion Churchill's hateful decision: The enduring lessons of naval power from WW2 to today
The Prime Minister understood the Royal Navy was not a luxury or a symbol - it was the difference between having options and having none
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Navy Parade held to mark the 85th anniversary of HMS Hood's sinking in World War Two
HMS Hood, an Admiral-class battlecruiser, was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait in 1941
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The Queen 'Princess Auto Mechanic': The Queen's life during Second World War – childhood to the military
Then a princess, she faced difficulties like many of her generation and even served her country with the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
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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 Army veteran recalls helping Belsen survivors emotionally – and with chocolate
Mervyn Kersh explains how he met survivors of the concentration camp following their liberation on 15 April 1945.
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Aircraft The Supermarine Spitfire: A British icon, a legend and an all-round exceptional design
Spitfire90 pilot Matt Jones explains the evolution of Britain's best-known warplane and what made it so great
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Veterans Fair winds and following seas: D-Day veteran Dougie Shelley dies at the age of 100
A Second World War veteran who got thousands of cards for his birthday has died
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Feature What makes an ace an ace? The origins of the most elite title in aviation
As RAF Regiment gunners in the Middle East become 'aces' for the first time in the unit's history, we take a look at the origins of the term
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WWII £15k auction bid fails to secure bouncing bomb inventor's marbles from Dambusters raid
Elisabeth Gaunt, 93, has displayed over the years and until now they have remained in her possession
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D-Day John Dennett, Royal Navy veteran of Operation Torch, Anzio and D-Day, dies aged 101
By the time he went ashore at Sword Beach on D-Day, the war had already taken him through some of the Allies' largest amphibious operations