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D-Day 'I Was One Of The Lucky Ones': D-Day Veterans Talk Openly About Historic Beach Landings
D-Day veterans have spoken of their efforts during the Normandy beach landings.
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D-Day 'People Are Dying There': D-Day Switchboard Operator Remembers Normandy Landings
92-year-old Marie Scott was among 19 Royal Navy veterans who has visited the once forward HQ of Operation Overlord.
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Veterans Blind Second World War Veterans Find Love Aged 97
Peter Van Zeller and Nancy Bowstead celebrated with a ceremony in Ovingdean, near Brighton.
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WWII Wartime Graffiti On Eroding D-Day Wall To Be Digitally Preserved
Troops etched their names on a wall in Southampton on their way to fight on the beaches of Normandy.
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WWII New Exhibition Highlights Bletchley Park's Vital Role During D-Day
Organisers hope to emphasise how Bletchley Park's decoding and other intelligence helped shape D-Day.
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WWII Normandy D-Day Memorial To Go Ahead Despite Residents' Complaints
Residents near Gold Beach had complained the monument would spoil their view.
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Army History Battle Of Kohima 75th Anniversary: UK Leads Commemorations
Nearly 4,000 British and Indian soldiers lost their lives during the battle.
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Army WWII Poster Designer Would Not Be 'Very Impressed' With Army Recruitment Campaign
The daughter of the man behind the UK's wartime posters says she doubts he "would be very impressed" with the 2019 campaign.
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WWII Battle Of Britain Hurricane That 'Disappeared' Found Buried Underground
The pilot bailed out but the aircraft plummeted to the ground from 17,000 feet, vanishing underneath more than 30 feet of mud.
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Naval History Royal Navy Jolly Roger Flags To Go On Display
A Jolly Roger dating back to 1790 is among a series of flags going on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth.
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News England's Oldest Man And Former Home Guard Volunteer Turns 111
Bob Weighton said he had requested not to get a birthday card from the Queen any more.
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WWII WWII Spitfire Pilot Given Military Burial In Italy
RAF Warrant Officer John Henry “Harry” Coates has been laid to rest more than 70 years after he died serving his country.
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News Dunkirk 'Little Ship' Wreck Removed From Cambridgeshire River
The boat was too badly damaged and came to pieces as it was being removed from the water by a mechanical grabber mounted on a pontoon.
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Aircraft The Man Bringing A Rusty Meteor Back To Life
"I'm hoping that she'll be one of, if not, the best-preserved Meteor in the country."
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WWII Voice Of WWII Veterans Recorded For Online Archive
'Voices of Liberation' has been set up to commemorate more than 100,000 service personnel who died in 1944.