'I couldn't speak French': WW2 veteran whose Normandy landing led to marriage
Decorated veteran Bill Silvester landed in France in 1944 and went on to meet his future wife who was washing troops' clothes.
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WWII HMS Hood: Memorial Services Mark 80th Anniversary Of Ship's Sinking
Only three of the 1,415 crew on board HMS Hood survived when the battlecruiser was sunk by the German ship Bismarck on 24 May 1941.
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Aircraft Chipmunk Aircraft: 75 Years In The Skies
The Chipmunk was the RAF's primary trainer aircraft from the late 1940s and continues to be used by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
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RAF Spitfire Pilot's Battle Of Britain Medals Sell For £110,000
The auctioneers set a guide price of between £30,000 and £40,000 for the medals but a collector paid around three times that amount.
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WWII Bletchley Park To Reopen With New Immersive Codebreakers Exhibition
The once top-secret home of Britain's Second World War codebreakers reopens to the public on 17 May, as lockdown restrictions ease.
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WWII Bletchley Park: What was its role in WW2?
The unassuming collection of huts in the heart of England proved crucial to the Allies defeating Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
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World International Search For WW2 Battle's Unknown 'Scottish Hero'
The search has been launched to uncover the identity of a soldier who was captured and killed following the Battle of St Valery-en-Caux.
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History WWII Chapel Altar Found And Returned After 56-Year Absence
The artefact had been absent from Talbot House in Belgium, where British soldiers took breaks from the trenches in WWI.
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WWII Lord Alanbrooke – Churchill’s Burden And Bulwark
One of the most important WW2 leaders you should have heard of.
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WWII New Film Tells Story Of Argentinian Royal Navy WW2 Veteran
Veteran Ronny Scott says in the film: "The atrocities that Hitler produced, I said, 'well, I have to go, I have no option'."
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Russia Russia Marks 76th Anniversary Of Nazi Defeat
There were commemorations held right across the country in remembrance of the Second World War victory.
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RAF Sixth RAF Poseidon Aircraft Named 'Guernsey's Reply'
It honours an historic bond between RAF 201 Squadron, Guernsey and a Second World War fighter pilot.
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History Doorstep History: Cotswold Airport, WW2 And The Red Arrows
The doorstep history series explores the hidden pasts of towns and villages across the UK.
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Veterans Danish WW2 Pilot Revisits Biggin Hill After More Than 70 Years
The veteran's visit fell on the 76th anniversary of Denmark's Liberation Day.
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Feature Exploring alternative histories: Beyond the 'what ifs' of Second World War victory
A new book explores the 'what ifs' of WW2's big moments
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D-Day Veterans Invited To Commemorative Event Marking D-Day Anniversary
The event will include a live broadcast of the official opening of the newly-completed British Normandy Memorial.