Plymouth marks 80 years since 1941 Blitz raids in WW2
A series of raids devastated the city during the Blitz in 1941, with 900 people killed and 40,000 left homeless across seven nights.
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Nuclear The Means To 'Flatten Other Countries' - Britain's Nuclear Future
Experts give their view on deterrence, weapons and killer swarming drones ...
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Weapons and Kit How Did The Atomic Bomb Work?
The science behind nuclear deterent
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Veterans WW2 Veteran Receives Over 40 Cards From Public On 103rd Birthday
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity put a call out on social media asking followers to send Roy Harland cards and messages.
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WWII COVID Costs Force Battle Of The Atlantic Anniversary Plans To Be Downsized
The battle's 80th anniversary is to be marked by four projects in Liverpool, where Western Approaches Command was located from 1941-45.
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WWII Secret WW2 meetings which led to UK-US intelligence alliance revealed
A private diary shows how the pact, which later grew into the Five Eyes alliance, was first formed.
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WWII Spitfire: In The Skies For 85 Years
The aircraft is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its first flight
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WWII How Marks & Spencer Bought A Spitfire In The War
The story of how the 1941 workforce at M&S gave their own money to help defend the skies over Britain
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WWII Spitfire's final victory? Its legacy
What was it about the WWII fighter plane that ensured its status as an icon?
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Middle East British Personnel In UAE Remember WW2 RAF Airman
Sergeant William Donnelly is the only British serviceman to die during World War Two that is buried in the UAE.
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Army Exeter WWII Bomb: Buildings Damaged After Detonation
The controlled detonation of the Second World War bomb took place on Saturday evening.
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WWII Exeter Bomb: WWII Device To Be Detonated 'By This Evening'
Army and the Royal Navy specialists are on the scene to examine and detonate the device.
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LGBTQ Absolute Legends: The Gay Hero Of The Battle Of Britain
Gay men like Ian Gleed served with distinction on the front line, finding love and relationships while they served their King and country...
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History Channel Islands: Life On The Only British Territories Under German WWII Occupation
The Channel Islands were brought to the brink of starvation while occupied by German forces between 30 June 1940 and 9 May 1945.
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WWII The Deadly WW2 Parachute Mine: How 2,200lb German Bombs Devastated London In The Blitz
One of WW2's deadliest bombs - and its connection to TV sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart
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WWII HMS Echo Investigates Second World War Shipwrecks In The Baltic
The Devonport-based survey ship has been on operations in the region.