Welsh D-Day veteran Ted Owens dies just weeks before 99th birthday
The Royal Marine veteran is one of the last surviving D-Day veterans from Wales
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WWII Oppenheimer: Who is the 'father of the atomic bomb'?
He became politically active in the 1930s and agreed with Albert Einstein that the Nazis could develop a nuclear weapon.
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Aircraft Watch: Amazing footage of WWII Spitfire flying alongside German aircraft
A Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight took to the skies alongside a Messerschmitt 262.
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Feature Tora Tora Tora, the living history lesson honouring all who died during attack on Pearl Harbor
The Second World War reenactment air display team perform at air shows across the US
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WWII The super heavy Panzer VIII Maus, Hitler's secret monster tank that never saw combat
During the Second World War, the Nazi war machine attempted to create the heaviest super tank in the world.
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WWII Holocaust survivor who served in British Army awarded medals on 100th birthday
Henny Franks fled Nazi persecution in Cologne, western Germany, before volunteering for the women's branch of the British Army.
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Feature Gloster Meteor: How Britain's first jet fighter is still playing a vital role today
The Gloster Meteor was the inception of jet aviation.
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WWII Unknown soldier killed on the Somme buried more than 100 years after his death
Research by the MOD War Detectives to identify the remains showed he was most likely with 20th (Light) Divisional Artillery.
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WWII Man convicted of conspiracy to burgle 98-year-old WW2 veteran
Nicolae Ion, 31, admitted to plotting to burgle the home of retired telephone engineer Peter Gouldstone who served in Italy.
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Sea vessels Wreck of British WW2 submarine found after decades-long search
The Royal Navy's HMS Triumph has been discovered in the Aegean Sea after going missing in 1942.
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Feature Jet legends: The Gloster Meteor, Britain's first-ever jet fighter
The aircraft still plays a vital role today as it is used to carry out live ejection tests on all new production seats.
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D-Day Enemy weapons: This WW2 film showed US troops how to fire captured German guns on D-Day
The US War Department wanted all American troops to know how to handle German infantry small arms during the Normandy Landings.
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WWII One of the last surviving original SAS members dies aged 98
Alexander 'Alec' Campbell Borrie served in the SAS and was nicknamed 'Boy' by legendary SAS commander Lieutenant Colonel Paddy Mayne.
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WWII Battle of the Atlantic veteran shares delight after shaking hands with 'lovely' Princess Royal
Frank Cooper, 97, was a sailor involved in the battle, the longest continuous military operation during WW2.
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Navy Princess Anne unveils new memorial marking Battle of the Atlantic 80th anniversary
The new national memorial is to honour those who fought – and won – Britain's longest battle at sea.
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WWII Hundreds attend funeral of RAF WW2 airman Flight Sergeant Peter Brown
The service took place at St Clement Danes Church, the Central Church of the RAF.