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Black British service personnel in world war 2

Lives that mattered – the black experience of WW2

A new book examines the black lives involved in Britain’s Second World War effort

Illustration of Gurkha soldiers in Burma during World War 2

Welcome To The Jungle - Exploits Of The Gurkhas In Wartime Burma

French knights attack English knights and archers at Agincourt in 1415

Did Agincourt archers really invent swearing with a two-fingered salute V-sign?

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Bull your boots: The art of polishing for a military shine

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Gin and tonic: Its military history and the origins of Dutch courage

SAS Iranian Embassy Siege

The Day The SAS Became Famous: Operation Nimrod And The Iranian Embassy

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GPMG: The world's deadliest machine gun

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British Military Slang Or Phrases You Need To Know 2

Prince Philip

How Prince Philip earned the respect of the British military

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GPMG: The world's deadliest machine gun

Louise Bennet with her sons (L to R) Matthew, Simon and George CREDIT Louise Bennet

How a mother's 'buns of mass production' have cheered up 260,000 troops over 20 years

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Mutiny on the Bounty: The Royal Navy's most famous rebellion

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Remembering the daring 'Dambusters' mission

Mug with tea or mulled wine on christmas background with bokeh (Picture: Wladimir Bulgar / Alamy Stock Photo).

Gunfire: The history of the traditional Christmas Army drink

Rob Stenhouse on the Falkland Islands in 1982 and today CREDIT Rob Stenhouse (L) and BFBS (R)

Sacrifices were worth it, says Falklands veteran who returned to islands he helped liberate at 17

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Black Nasty: Duct tape and the military mum you should thank for creating it

Here, junior doctor Dr Susie West operates on a military patient on SS Canberra in 1982 (Picture: Dr Susie West).

The civilian P&O doctor who treated wounded troops during Falklands conflict

Military jets pursue UFO's. Alamy pic: Image ID: 2B9DYTY

Project Blue Book: What was US Air Force operation to investigate UFOs?