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Dan Snow & History Hit were given unique access to the house formerly home to the Commandant of the camp, Rudolf Höss. Inside Dan uncovers chilling evidence of the horrors that unfolded 80 years ago ...
A 60 foot sport fishing boat sailed into the side of the decommissioned USS Midway on Jul. 18, 2025, with the operator ...
VJ Day will be honoured and remembered with special programming across TV, iPlayer, Radio, Sounds and the BBC Archive to mark ...
Despite its obscurity, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon was a capable bomber interceptor thanks to its climb rate of 5,000 feet ...
Joseph Rochfort, a maverick US naval officer with a talent for crosswords, and John Tiltman, a British Army Brigadier, never ...
Monster Island, 2025. Directed by Mike Wiluan. Starring Dean Fujioka, Callum Woodhouse and Alan Maxson. SYNOPSIS: Set during ...
Townsville in War and Peace 1942–1946, compiled and edited by Geoff Hansen and the late Dr Diane Menghetti, was first published in 2005 to mark the VP60 commemorations.
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Troubled Times
The 2020s are proving to be the most troubled decade in recent history, with conflicts breaking out at the drop of a hat ~ not in far corners of the world, but in our immediate neighbourhood.
Setting out the broadcaster’s plans, BBC Director-General Tim Davie said: “The 80th anniversary of VJ Day is a moment to honour the courage and sacrifice of all who served in the Far East during the ...
THE experiences of an 'ordinary chap' from Skipton who joined the RAF in the Second World War and who was sent to the Far East will be the ...
Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.