101-year-old veteran honoured with France's highest award for his role in D-Day
WWII veteran John McOwan has been awarded France's highest honour for his role in D-Day, 78 years after the conflict.
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WWII Scottish soldier's WWII ID bracelet found in Israel
Mr Gan Erez discovered the bracelet using a metal detector and hopes to track down Lieutenant Clark's relatives.
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RAF RAF pays tribute to last original Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson
Wreaths were laid at the RAF Bomber Command Memorial and at 617 Squadron's Second World War hangar in tribute to Mr Johnson.
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WWII How these two Royal Navy veterans survived attacks by Japan 81 years ago
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 10 December 1941 with the loss of more than 800 crew.
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Feature Remembering the daring 'Dambusters' mission
Former RAF Officer John Nichol talks about his book on The Dambusters
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Veterans Last Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson dies aged 101
Tributes for Mr Johnson, the last surviving original member of the Dambusters raid, have started flooding in on Twitter.
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USA US Army college American footballers get WWII-themed kit for Navy clash
The kit pays tribute to the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division who were involved in the US contribution to Operation Torch.
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WWII George 'Johnny' Johnson, Britain's last surviving Dambuster, turns 101
The Second World War veteran celebrated his 101st birthday today
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Veterans WW2 veteran who shared food with French girl in Normandy reunites with her 78 years later
Former soldier Reg Pye has been searching for Huguette Geoffroy since the war ended.
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USA Six dead after WWII military aircraft collide at Dallas air show, officials say
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra crashed during the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show.
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Remembrance UK paratroopers hold Remembrance service in Morocco 80 years on from Operation Torch
A Company Group, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment stood to remember the fallen in war, as well as the original 'Red Devils'.
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History SAS Rogue Heroes – how accurate is the new BBC dramatisation?
Author of SAS Brothers in Arms Damien Lewis told Forces News his thoughts about the TV portrayal of the origins of the service.
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D-Day D-Day veteran George Batts dies aged 97
He had led a campaign for a memorial near Gold Beach in Normandy, where he landed on 6 June 1944.
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WWII Haunting tales of ghostly sightings at military locations that might keep you awake at night
From the sound of chains dragging on the ground to the smell of lavender in an abandoned building.
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Special forces Paddy Mayne and the SAS: The man behind the legend
Take a look at the career of one of the founding members of the SAS
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TV BBC's SAS Rogue Heroes had to be toned down as creator thought truth was too unbelievable
The man behind SAS Rogue Heroes says there are similarities between the new series and Peaky Blinders.