John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
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The Unique British Hotel With World War II-Era Pillboxes On Its Property
The island was sold in 1927 to filmmaker Archibald Nettlefold, who built a more substantial hotel in the Art Deco style, ...
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'The Unkillable Soldier' Who Kept Fighting Despite Losing an Eye and Hand in World War I
Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...
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World War II
Long thought to be a family heirloom, the artwork was actually gifted to the British prime minister in 1942 during the darkest days of World War II Eli Wizevich Likely removed by Nazi researchers ...
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What it’s like inside the secret World War II tunnels set to become a huge new tourist attraction
The space was constructed in 1940 and 1942 as a deep-level air raid shelter “built by hand by the British to save Britain ... the UK government during World War II in response to Germany ...
Forgotten World War II film dubbed 'one of the greatest ever' now on Amazon Prime
A Bridge Too Far, Richard Attenborough's epic retelling of the doomed Operation Market Garden, is now available to stream in the UK nearly 50 years since it hit the big screen ...
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Exhibition curated by Oscar-winning director opens
Sir Steve McQueen won the Academy Award for Best Picture directing the historical drama 12 Years a Slave in 2014. He has also directed contemporary crime thriller Widows and the World War II drama ...