Air Power: From Dunkirk to D-Day
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Aircraft Ride The Tiger Moth: What It's Like To Fly In The 1930s Aircraft
Members of the public can now take a flight in a 1930s British biplane.
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WWII Homes Evacuated After Suspected WWII Bomb Found In Kingston Upon Thames
A cordon remains in place after the device was discovered on Thursday.
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Northern Ireland Gibraltar: How Northern Ireland Took In Evacuees From The Rock In World War Two
World War Two evacuation camps: Some evacuees married in them. Some children were born in them.
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D-Day 'Shores Of Normandy': D-Day Veteran Releases Charity Single For 75th Anniversary
Jim Radford was 15 years old when he served with the Merchant Navy on D-Day.
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D-Day Defence Minister Meets D-Day Veterans At Chelsea Flower Show
Tobias Ellwood was shown around the D-Day 75 Garden by a group of Normandy veterans.
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D-Day 'That's All Brother': Spearhead Of US D-Day Invasion Rescued From Scrapyard
The C-47 aircraft led sky transporter squadrons dropping paratroopers across Normandy 75 years ago.
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USA Experts Work To Stop Oil Leak From British WWII Tanker
The Coimbra was carrying more than two million gallons of oil when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the US coast in 1942.
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D-Day D-Day Revisited: Chelsea Flower Show Garden Honours Normandy Veterans
A garden exhibited at the Royal Hospital Chelsea during this year’s Flower Show will celebrate D-Day veterans.
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Navy WWII German Sea Mine Caught In Solent Fishing Net Detonated
Bomb disposal experts from the Royal Navy were called in to detonate the device.
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D-Day Portsmouth Honours D-Day And Normandy Heroes
The city is honouring the men from the city who died during D-Day and the wider Normandy campaign through a series of plaques.
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Scotland Cadets Unveil Aircraft Dedicated To RAF Heroes
Three of the planes have been named after three brothers who all died in their mid-20s, two of them during the Second World War.
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Navy Did You Serve On HMS Beagle? This Is What She Looks Like Now She’s A Superyacht
HMS Beagle has been given a makeover and turned into a stunning luxury superyacht for well-heeled travellers
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D-Day D-Day: Chelsea Pensioners Share Memories 75 Years After Normandy Landings
The 75th anniversary of D-Day will be marked with commemorations in June.
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WWII Battle of Monte Cassino: 75th anniversary marked with ceremony
75,000 soldiers were killed during the 123-day battle.
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D-Day 'The Most Important Place In Europe': D-Day HQ Opens To Military Veterans
The walls of Southwick House in Hampshire still show the map of Normandy from 75 years ago.