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Winston and the platypus: how a bizarre WW2 diplomacy mission to influence Churchill ended in death and tragedy
Australia tried to send a live platypus across U-boat-infested waters to Britain as a diplomatic gift. The mission, part ...
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Britain’s Secret Kill Squad: The Untold Truth Behind WWII’s Most Ruthless Unit
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is the latest film from Director Guy Ritchie! In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, I look at the true story behind The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and the men ...
Roger O. Cranville: 80 years after the end of World War II, England says thank you to America
Has it already been 80 years since the end of World War II? Europeans don’t seem to think so. We remember, and among the most ...
World War Two veteran turns 100 on D-Day anniversary
An RAF veteran has said he would not change a thing about his life as he celebrated his 100th birthday on the anniversary of ...
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‘We remember our friends who never came home’: Veterans commemorate D-Day landings in France for 81st anniversary
The June 6 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to ...
The UK is gearing up for autonomous warfare – but missing the reality of war today
The UK is facing a security crisis. Great power competition has returned, and the threat of hostility from Russia, China, ...