Anne marks 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden on behalf of King
The Princess Royal met Arnhem veteran Geoff Roberts, 99, as she appeared at a commemoration event for those who fought in the battle.
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Feature A beret too far? Did famous drop zone scene in A Bridge Too Far actually happen?
The iconic scene has kept fans questioning its accuracy for nearly 50 years, but Al Murray finally sets the record straight.
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WWII Operation Market Garden veteran pays respect to fallen comrades in Netherlands
Ninety-nine-year-old Geoff Roberts was at the cemetery for a short ceremony remembering those who died during the operation.
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Feature Black Tuesday: Al Murray delves into the pivotal day during Op Market Garden
The comedian and historian doesn't think the operation was necessarily doomed to fail - until everything changed on 19 September 1944.
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WWII Two soldiers killed during Operation Market Garden laid to rest after DNA identification
Private Henry Moon and Lieutenant Dermod Green Anderson were buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
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WWII Myrtle the Parachick: The member of 1st Airborne who dropped into Arnhem
On 18 September 1944, Lieutenant Pat Glover dropped with 1st Airborne Division into Arnhem on Operation Market Garden, but he wasn't alone.
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RAF The Dambusters: Sir Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb relics go up for auction
Operation Chastise saw the Möhne, Edersee and Sorpe dams attacked with bouncing bombs derived from Sir Barnes's tests.
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Feature Lee: The female reporter who catalogued the horrors of the Second World War
Kate Winslet's new film documents the career of Lee Miller, who captured some of the most thought-provoking and iconic images of the war.
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WWII Commemoration service honours Polish airmen's contribution to Allied victory in WW2
Dignitaries, veterans, and the public gather to honour the Polish airmen who played a crucial role alongside the RAF.
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WWII RAF Fighter Command's Battle of Britain bunker was kept secret - by a flower bed
The underground bunker in west London was where Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill delivered his famous speech to "the Few".
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WWII Dedication ceremony honours fallen WW2 bomber crew on 80th anniversary of crash
The Halifax had completed a mission to lay sea mines off the French coast, but crashed on its return journey to RAF Breighton in Yorkshire.
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Veterans RAF jet pilot and WWII veteran shares 100th celebrations with former unit at Edinburgh Tattoo
Meteor and Spitfire pilot Joe McCulloch celebrated alongside the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at Edinburgh Castle.
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Feature Dragoon: Why the op you've never heard of was the worst day of Hitler's life
Also known as the other D-Day, Operation Dragoon opened up a new front against Nazi Germany in southern France.
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Feature The Loch Ness Monster and fascism: When Italy claimed to have killed Nessie
In 1941, Joseph Goebbels' propaganda machine went into overdrive when it claimed Axis power Italy had killed the Loch Ness Monster.
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Navy Giant ship build hall for Navy frigates named after female pioneer from WW2
Janet Harvey was one of a handful of women working as electricians alongside the 100,000-strong male workforce in the UK war effort.
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Veterans RAF veteran ' truly humbled' after more than 1,000 cards arrive to mark his 100th birthday
Richard 'Dick' Skepper, 100, joined the RAF at the age of 18 when the Second World War broke out.