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Relations between the UK and the US haven’t always been that “special”.
You might think it morbid, but people have many reasons for visiting the sites of battles and disasters.
How engineers helped the Allies defeat Nazi Germany and win World War II.
Two big battles which turned the tide of World War II can tell us a great deal about some important present-day challenges.
The latest film about Britain’s revered war leader struggles to capture the man – or give his wife the credit she deserves.
During World War II the US military forged partnerships with industry and academia that translated laboratory findings into working products at an unprecedented pace.
On June 6 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy. Their number rose to 1.5m over the next six weeks. With them came millions of tons of equipment, ranging from munitions, vehicles, food…
As President Obama looks across the beaches of Normandy for the ceremony commemorating the D-Day landings, he could be forgiven for feeling ambivalent. Certainly, these are sites of great tragedy and a…
The 70th anniversary of D-Day also commemorates the beginning of the end for the Third Reich occupation of France. Starting with the Normandy landings of June 6 1944, Allied troops began to turn the tide…
It’s the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and veterans and world leaders are meeting on the beaches of Normandy to commemorate the biggest seaborne invasion in military history. Memorial services are to recognise…
Dame Vera Lynn’s latest album, National Treasure — The Ultimate Collection, has been released in the week of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. The album, filled with over 40 of her wartime hits…
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