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D-Day veterans recall sad memories as they gather at invasion planning HQ
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoVeterans have spoken of their “sad memories” as they gathered at the headquarters where D-Day was...
UK defence chief doubts Russia wants war with NATO as he marks D-Day anniversary
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoRussia's Vladimir Putin does not want a direct war with NATO and he does not want a nuclear war, the...
D-Day: the biggest seaborne invasion in history
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoEarly on the morning of June 5 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower, the supreme allied commander in Europe, finally gave the order to go ahead, telling his...
The US secretly sent communist-friendly Coca-Cola to a Soviet general in a bid to maintain good ties...
INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoBritish Gen. Bernard Montgomery, left, US Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, center, and Soviet Gen. Georgy...
Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoPat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father...
7 global leaders who used body doubles to avoid dangerous, or uncomfortable, situations
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoThe promotional card for Clifton James' production, "I was Monty's double."LMPC/ Getty Images...
The female spies behind luxurious hotel, Raffles London at the OWO
Harper’s Bazaar via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNo doubt, Krystyna Skarbek would have been astonished by the hotel suite that now bears her wartime...
Christmas in Ortona: Remembering a legendary 1943 Canadian WW II battle
CBC via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoEighty years ago, as some Canadian troops enjoyed a Christmas dinner that included roast pork,...
Never-before-seen SAS photos reveal intimate portrait of World War II heroes
Cover Media via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNever-before-seen Second World War photos of the first SAS soldiers have been uncovered. They offer...
Today in History: November 4, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2023. There are 57 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 4, 1995, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, ...
