Burma veteran celebrates 100th birthday at Royal Star & Garter
Second World War veteran Capt (Ret'd) Peter Whiteley received a letter from the Queen.
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D-Day Understanding D-Day: The technology behind the mission's success
From codebreakers to gliders and amphibious tanks, we take a closer look at 6 June 1944.
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D-Day 'If our names are on a bullet, it's our bad luck': WW2 veteran recalls memories of D-Day
Royal Navy veteran Peter Smoothy has paid his respects in Normandy thanks to the Taxi Charity.
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D-Day D-Day: All you need to know about 1944's Normandy Landings
6 June 1944 marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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D-Day Second World War veterans honoured on eve of D-Day anniversary
British veterans gathered in one of the first sites liberated from the Nazis.
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Feature The real-life James Bond's clandestine relationship with celebrity spy Josephine Baker
The name's Dunderdale, Wilfred Dunderdale.
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Ukraine No evil can avoid responsibility, says Ukraine president during VE Day speech
His words coincide with Victory in Europe Day when European countries celebrate the surrender of German forces marking the victory in WWII.
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WWII Courage and determination of those who cherish freedom must prevail, Defence Secretary says
The Ministry of Defence highlighted that the alliances formed during and following the Second World War are now more important than ever.
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Aircraft Lancaster: WW2 veterans tell story of aircraft in emotive documentary
New feature documentary Lancaster is a story of courage, fear, friendship and the moral complexities of war.
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History The courageous women who stepped up in defence of Malta
Eighty years after the country was awarded the George Cross, we honour all those who defended the island.
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WWII Operation Mincemeat: How a homeless man's dead body fooled Nazi Germany
The incredible story of a secret operation to dress the corpse of a dead homeless man as a major in the Royal Marines.
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History Epic task of restoring WW2 Lancaster to flight
In the last years of the Second World War, it was the heavy bomber used to take the war to the heartland of Nazi Germany.
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Veterans Do you want to help celebrate a Burma Campaign veteran's 100th birthday?
Here's how you can easily get involved.
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Feature The secret compass hidden behind a pair of Second World War trouser buttons
The buttons could share a direct link to James Bond.
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Veterans WW2 veteran celebrates 100th birthday with Mercian soldiers
Retired Captain Bob King marked the milestone with close family and members of the Mercian Regiment.
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WWII Military wives become first all-female team to recreate Heroes of Telemark mission
The team covered more than 85km recreating the mission, having to ski between five to 10 hours a day.