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Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
Associated Press· 4 days agoPat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father...
Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead
KLAS Las Vegas· 17 hours agoLONDON (AP) — Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and...
Last remaining Second World War escort ship risks being scrapped
Daily Telegraph· 8 hours agoThe last remaining Second World War escort ship risks being scrapped unless £150,000 can be raised...
Memories of Cunard's 'spiritual home' in Liverpool
BBC News· 19 hours agoPeople in Liverpool are sharing their memories of Cunard Line as the city is set to stage the naming ceremony for the cruise company's newest ship. The...
Why D-Day was even more spectacular than remembered
NY Post via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJune 6 marks 80 years since Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of Operation Overlord, the campaign to defeat the Nazis and...
Veteran visiting Normandy on D-Day anniversary to ‘pay respects to shipmates’
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days agoA Royal Navy veteran plans to visit Normandy on the 80th anniversary of D-Day to pay his respects to...
D-Day education centre will ensure sacrifices of Normandy won't be forgotten
Daily Express· 1 day agoOn Thursday, exactly 80 years after D-Day, the last surviving warriors of the fabled 1944 campaign...
D-Day: the biggest seaborne invasion in history
Press Association News via AOL· 3 days 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...
They were barred from combat, but women helped D-Day succeed
Bristol Herald Courier· 2 days agoFor British women who came of age during World War II, the answer to that question is often: quite a...