Royal Navy sailor honours grandfather who played his part in liberation of Bergen-Belsen
Petty Officer reflected on honouring her Jewish heritage and her grandfather's role in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen.
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WWII Eighty years on, the British liberation is remembered at Bergen-Belsen
British troops who liberated Bergen-Belsen in 1945 have been honoured alongside survivors at a ceremony marking 80 years since the event.
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WWII Liberation of Bergen-Belsen: What British forces found inside the camp
British forces entering Bergen-Belsen 80 years ago found the disinfection building and overcrowded huts, revealing the scale of the camp's ...
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WWII How a pair of gloves and a British soldier saved a child's life at Bergen-Belsen
Yvonne Palakova survived Bergen-Belsen thanks to kindness from a fellow prisoner – and a British soldier.
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VE Day Royal Mail marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day with stamps honouring war heroes
The new Valour and Victory stamps feature men and women who made an extraordinary contribution during the Second World War.
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WWII Speaker and Chelsea Pensioners turn on Big Ben's symbolic light to mark WW2's end
The journey to the top of Elizabeth Tower to turn on the light in 1945 was replicated by the Speaker and two Chelsea Pensioners.
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VE Day WW2 veterans urge nation to come together and remember as VE Day 80 approaches
The veterans say it's not just about honouring the fallen – to remember is also our best hope of avoiding it ever happening again.
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Veterans Chelsea Pensioner and last survivor of Raiding Support Regiment turns 103
John Morris served on operations in Albania, Yugoslavia, Montenegro and Greece and went on to have a career in the TA after the war ended.
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RAF Wing of rare German Dornier Do 17 shot down during Battle of Britain going on display
More than 400 Do 17 bombers were deployed by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, but today only this one remains semi-complete.
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Technology RBLI unveils powerful tribute to two significant milestones in nation's history
The RBLI's Echoes statue is marking 90 years since the invention of radar and 80 years since VE Day
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WWII The Bagpipes of Belsen: How the Scottish instrument signalled the sound of liberation
Bill 'The Mad Piper' Millin marched into the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp playing the bagpipes as it was being liberated by the British.
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WWII Army veteran recalls helping Belsen survivors emotionally – and with chocolate
Mervyn Kersh explains how he met survivors of the concentration camp following their liberation on 15 April 1945.
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Feature Bergen-Belsen: How British troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp
On 15 April 1945, the British Army found 60,000 prisoners who were in desperate need of help and medical attention.
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WWII Fake news is just another name for propaganda, warns Bergen-Belsen survivor
Alfred Garwood, 82, speaks of his childhood memories of life in the Nazi concentration camp and its liberation by the British Army in 1945.
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Feature They Were There: The WW2 project by the maverick pilot who flew under Tower Bridge
Flt Lt Alan Pollock is known around the world for flying his Hawker Hunter through Tower Bridge in 1968.
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Royal Marines Scottish First Minister pays tribute to VC war hero uncle Thomas Peck Hunter
John Swinney was joined by members of 43 Commando and Royal Marine veterans as he laid a wreath at a ceremony in Edinburgh.