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"Bringing the Boys Back Home" Honors British WWII Servicemen Buried in the U.S. as Part of 80th Anniversary Commemorations of Allied Victory
This spring, as the world marks 80 years since the end of World War II, a dedicated team of Commemorative Air Force ...
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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...
Final WW2 airborne op 'testament to RAF skills'
The last European airborne operation of World War Two was "testament to the skills of the RAF crews" based at Essex and ...
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WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain?
In the summer of 1940 – after Hitler swept through France and drove the British army out of the European ... a Battle of Britain dogfight in action. WW2: Did the war change life for women?
British WWII code-breaker 'Betty' Webb dies aged 101
Charlotte "Betty" Webb worked at Bletchley Park, the famous British code-breaking center, where she was responsible for sorting intercepted German communications. She later paraphrased Japanese ...