Dunkirk: How a soldier who survived a torpedo attack was 'taken back to hell'
HMS Wakeful broke in half, went down in a V and is believed to have sunk within 15 seconds
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RAF On This Day: Churchill Delivers 'This Was Their Finest Hour' Speech
On this day in 1940 Winston Churchill delivered his famous 'This Was Their Finest Hour' speech to the House of Commons.
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Military Life Taxi! WW2 Heroes Returned To Normandy By London Cabbies
The Taxi Charity has taken around a hundred world war two veterans back to Normandy to visit key sites of the Second World War.
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WWII The Day British Soldiers Blew Up 10,000 German Troops
Britain’s Great War is remembered as a bloody slog, but not all the battles were huge defeats or bittersweet Pyrrhic victories.
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WWII Remembering D-Day: The 10 Images That Defined The Battle Of Normandy
On the anniversary of D-Day, the author of 'The Liberation of Europe' explains the story behind some incredible images from the time...
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News Surgeon Who Saved WW2 'Guinea Pig' Pilots Honoured With Movie
A new film that tells the story of the surgeon who saved the lives of the 649 Second World War "guinea pigs" will soon start filming.
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News WW2 Bletchley Park Codebreaker Celebrated In Centenary Exhibition
Bill Tutte allowed Bletchley Park to decode some of the most top-secret messages sent during the Second World War.
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News 101-Year-Old Veteran To Publish WW2 Memoirs
As he turns 102-years-old this week, William Earl is launching his long-awaited memoirs.
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News Former Soldier Brings WW2 Bomb Home
A former soldier found the 25lb relic during a kayaking trip, thinking it was an old shell casing.
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News The Hunt Is On For Thousands Of WW2 Heroes
A relic hunter has launched a campaign to reunite 14,000 World War Two veterans with their dog tags...
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News British WW2 Soldier To Be Finally Buried
Lance Corporal Ronald George Blackham was killed during a fierce battle on September 25 1943 as he fought in southern Italy.
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Military Life Locals' Stories Bring WW2 To Life At Devil's Porridge Museum
From daring pilots to a tragic bombing that devastated an entire community - life in south-west Scotland during the Second World War is the ...
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WWII The Modern Career - A Fascinating Look Into The British Army Post WW2
Forces Network has gained access to a rare recruiting booklet for the British Army from September 1946...
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Tri-Service Prince Charles: 'Lessons Of WW2 Being Forgotten'
The Prince of Wales has said the world is in danger of "forgetting the lessons of the past".Prince Charles was speaking at a central London ...
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Tri-Service Scottish WW2 Veterans Honoured For Role In D-Day
A group of Scottish veterans have been presented with France's highest honour at a special ceremony in Edinburgh Castle.The men received the ...
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Tri-Service Veteran, 97, Donates Christmas Money To Family Who Hid Him In WW2
A 97-year-old British Army veteran Eric Batteson who was hidden by an Italian family during World War II is helping their village recover ...