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A fascinating photo album that highlights the perilous nature of landing fighter planes on aircraft carriers at the start of the Second World War has been unearthed. The black and white snaps were taken in 1939 and show Royal Naval biplanes coming a cropper while practising take-offs and landings on HMS Courageous, a converted battlecruiser. … Read more
Winston Churchill’s WWII painting gets put up for auction by owner Angelina Jolie… and it’s expected to fetch up to £2.5m Painting by Sir Winston Churchill put up for sale by current owner Angelina Jolie He painted it during the Second World War and gave it to Franklin D Roosevelt Artwork Tower of the Koutoubia … Read more
Life away from the heat of the battle: WWII soldiers hold balancing competitions and celebrate Christmas as they take a break from fighting Nazis in the Middle East and Italy Photos that capture the camaraderie between World War Two soldiers have come to light 80 years later The album includes pictures of the Rifle Brigade … Read more
A Second World War veteran who received more than 15,000 Christmas cards after being left lonely when his wife lost her life to coronavirus has died aged 101. John Lister, of Griston, Norfolk, who served as a gunner during the war and later ran a pub, caught coronavirus in March alongside his 92-year-old wife Ella. He … Read more
Incredible photographs taken by an urban explorer have revealed the inside of an abandoned WWII club for Polish veterans which has stood untouched for decades in the centre of a busy Manchester town. The empty building full of ‘lost treasure’, in Stretford, Trafford, once served as the meeting place for the Manchester branch of the Polish Ex-Combatants … Read more
Coronavirus pandemic is the ‘biggest hit to mental health since World War 2’ and the impact will last for years, top psychiatrist claims Dr Adrian James, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, made the claim He said even when virus is under control, there will be ‘profound’ consequences Mental health charity Mind described the … Read more
Unexploded WWII ordnance are discovered on Southend beach as army bomb disposal experts are called in The Maritime and Coastguard Agency were called to the scene this afternoon Chalkwell beach near Southend has been closed until Army EOD experts attend It is believed the Army specialists will arrive at the scene some time tomorrow By … Read more
The Trump administration has paid private executioners in cash and bought drugs from a secret pharmacy as part of a rush to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II, court documents obtained by ProPublica reveal. The Justice Department, under Attorney General Bill Barr, has killed 10 federal inmates since July and plans to … Read more
The Trump administration has paid private executioners in cash and bought drugs from a secret pharmacy as part of a rush to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II, court documents obtained by ProPublica reveal. The Justice Department, under Attorney General Bill Barr, has killed 10 federal inmates since July and plans to … Read more
Seven crab fishermen were injured when their boat was blasted out of the water by a suspected Second World War explosive. Several crew members of the 42ft boat Galwad-Y-Mor suffered life-changing injuries in the accident, 25 miles north of Cromer, Norfolk, last Tuesday. The two British and five Latvian men were hauling in a line … Read more