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.
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Women Code Name: Lise - New Book Tells The Story Of WW2's Most Decorated Spy
Odette Sansom was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross and was decorated with France's highest honour.
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WWII VE Day Marked With Events Across Europe
Commemorations have been held to remember the end of the Second World War in 1945.
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Veterans 'Great Escape' Veteran Dies At The Age Of 95
Air Commodore Charles Clarke was captured by the Nazis when his aircraft was shot down in early 1944.
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Germany Telling The Story Of British Forces In Westphalia
After nearly 75 years in Germany, most British forces will leave the country this summer.
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WWII New Coin Commemorates 75th Anniversary Of D-Day Landings
The coin's design takes inspiration from military maps to depict the strategy taken by the Allies to land on the Normandy beaches.
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D-Day Rare WWII Anti-Submarine Boat Restored For D-Day
MASB-27 has been saved by a charity and will now participate in D-Day commemorations in France.
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D-Day Exercise Tiger: Bootprints mark US troops killed during secret D-Day rehearsal
A set of bootprints for each of the GIs that died have been laid out on Slapton Sands, in Devon.
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WWII Can You Help Trace This Missing WWII Soldier's Family?
If a positive identification can be made, the soldier will be given a full military burial in Italy with a named headstone.
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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.