'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended the skies ...
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John Hemingway obituary: Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot
Battle of Britain pilot at 100 ... or “channel battle”, and the defence of British shipping from Luftwaffe attack. On August 18th 1940, a date remembered in RAF circles as ‘The Hardest ...
For the British, war remains ancient history
In the United Kingdom, the army enjoys the prestige acquired during the two world wars, but it is concerned about the  threat ...
Medals of WWII fighter ace who survived terrifying 25,000ft death plunge but then was killed in Las Vegas pleasure flight crash 20 years later could sell for £30,000
Wing Commander James 'Butch' McArthur claimed eight kills and three other 'probables' during heartstopping dogfights with the ...
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The Ju 87 Stuka: Hitler’s Screaming Terror in the Skies Above Europe
And when World War II erupted in earnest in September 1939, the Stuka spearheaded Germany’s Blitzkrieg into Poland, France, ...
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"What If Hitler Had Won? The Shocking Alternate History Explained!"
WWII is remembered as the worst struggle in human history, concluding with Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945. But what if Hitler ...
As old certainties crumble, I remember how it was to live on the edge of world war
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‘The Invisible Spy’ Review: Manhattan Project
A clandestine operation—tucked away on an upper floor of Rockefeller Center—was vital to Britain’s struggle for survival in ...
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West Alabama Monday Briefing
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Ireland may have been neutral, but this Dublin born flier helped beat the Nazis
World War II hero, RAF flyer. Born Dublin, July 17, 1919; died Dublin, March 17, aged 105. The Few are no more. The last of ...
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Archaeologists stunned by one of Britain's biggest Iron Age hoards which could rewrite history
In December 2021, Peter Heads stumbled upon what would turn out to be one of the largest and most significant Iron Age finds ever made in Britain: the Melsonby Hoard. Now, after meticulous ...