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‘Doubly Thankful-Blessed Villages’
‘Thankful Villages’ (also known as Blessed Villages) are settlements in both England and Wales from which all their ‘then’ members of the Armed Forces survived World War I. The lucky 13: Britain’s...
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Private Robert Johns KIA aged 16
The runaway boy hero of D-day: At 14, he lied his way into the Army. Just 16-years-old he parachuted into France; the youngest soldier to parachute into Normandy on D-Day. The night sky concealed any...
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D-Day Minute by terrifying minute
Drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and oral accounts, D-Day is a purely chronological narrative, concerned less with the military strategies and more with what people were thinking and doing as...
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D-1 The day before the invasion
More than 650 ex-servicemen are said to have travelled to the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the invasion which changed history. A Lancaster Bomber and Spitfire performed flyovers, while current...
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La Résistance Française
When we commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day let us also remember the men, women, and children of the The French Resistance (La Résistance Française) who also laid down there lives to assist the...
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President Reagan. Point-du-Hoc 6/6/84.
President Reagan’s Address at the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-day at Point-du-Hoc – 6/6/84. Just because… Thirteen poignant minutes from the heart....
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An example of an honourable man
‘Any fault is mine alone’: How General Eisenhower planned to take full blame if D-Day had FAILED (and it could teach today’s politicians a thing or two!) This is the historic speech the free world did...
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The Great Escape
‘I loved every minute and I’d do it again tomorrow!’ ‘Great Escape’ D-Day veteran, 89, who sneaked off from his care home to go to 70th anniversary commemorations in Normandy returns to Portsmouth but...
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Better safe than sorry
London’s Victoria train station evacuated after propane gas canister found buried in nearby street is mistaken for a Second World War bomb. One of central London’s busiest train stations has been...
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Maurice Roe – Obituary
Maurice Roe – Obituary. Maurice Roe was a Special Operations Executive agent who once found himself billeted in a French chateau alongside a German officer. Maurice Roe, who has died aged 96, served...
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Justice Department double standards
Revealed: How Nazi war crime suspects were paid millions in Social Security to leave the United States quietly… and at least four are STILL enjoying taxpayer-funded lives thanks to ‘Nazi dumping’...
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Churchill’s secret fearless warriors
Kill without mercy, party like there’s no tomorrow: Churchill’s secret band of fearless warriors broke hearts, rules — and the Nazis’ spirit. One of the most extraordinary stories of World War II is...
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Jim Radford sailed from his home-town of Hull in East Yorkshire as a 15-year-old galley boy on the Deep Sea Tug ‘Empire Larch,’ it was his first time of going to sea, it was also June 1944. He was...
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Phylis L. Doyle-Special Operations Executive
Former British wartime Operative, 93, is finally recognised for her part in liberating France from Nazi occupation after decades spent keeping her wartime service a secret. ‘A former British wartime...
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Battle of the Bulge 70th Anniversary
Belgian Royalty mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes in snowy weather reminiscent of wintry conditions of the battle. The country’s King Philippe and his wife, Queen...
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Like a bulldog taking on a bear
On Friday 5th November 1999: I met up with several Bootnecks for a weekend run-ashore around London, coincidentally we ended that night drinking in the Merchant Navy Hotel (since closed, and sold on.)...
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Treblinka: The death camp
The ONLY man still alive to escape Nazi’s Treblinka death camp relives terrifying moment ‘hell burned to the ground’ – “Tongues of fire soared up. We screamed ‘hoorah!’ and ran into the machine guns!”...
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The children of Auschwitz
Travelling to Poland from all corners of the world; Auschwitz survivors paid an emotional visit to the former Nazi death camp ahead of the 70th anniversary of its liberation tomorrow. A group of...
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‘Shoah!’ Never Forget.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier; “We must never forget Nazi atrocities” ~ “It remains the duty of parents to inform their children that there can never be a line drawn under [our...
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Lee Enfield .303 (short pattern) Mark III
First World War rifle and ammunition found in bell tower sparking speculation it was left there by a Home Guard rifleman of WWII. First World War rifle and ammunition discovered at St James Church in...
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