'Heroic' WW2 troopship that survived Nazi bullets and saved 22 soldiers from Dunkirk beaches is wrecked during children's pirate-themed birthday party ⊕
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12 days ago
The Athlone Castle, which was launched in 1935, was destroyed after encountering engine failure when taking a party of eight-year-olds on a trip around West Bay in Dorset.
21 days ago
Jamaican WW2 veteran who lied about his age to join RAF at 16 is laid to rest with jazz band send-off after his death at 100 ⊖⊖
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Gilbert Constantine Clarke signed up to the Royal Air Force as a mechanic in 1943 after reading newspaper reports of enemy ships being sighted in the Caribbean.
23 days ago
One Irishman's incredible tale of heroism: 'I sold everything to go and fight the Russians in Ukraine. I fought, I was promoted, I was shot, then my legs were blown off by a landmine. I regret nothing - and there's even a silver lining...' ⊖
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In an exclusive interview the Blanchardstown man speaks to the Mail of the catastrophic injuries he suffered on the front lines of the deadliest conflict in Europe since WW2.
24 days ago
Berlin prepares to demolish Hitler's WW2 military bunker and turn it into flats sparking furious row ⊖
Berlin is preparing to demolish a Nazi-era bunker and turn it into flats, sparking a major furore.
36 days ago
Zelensky stripped of highest Polish honour over WW2 name of army unit ⊕
Ukraine has denounced the move, calling it a "strategic mistake" and "disrespectful".
61 days ago
Metal detectorist finds WW2 soldier's cigarette case hundreds of miles from where he died ⊖⊖
Stan Drew's cigarette case turns up in a Netherlands field, about 370 miles from where he died.
77 days ago
Russia holds scaled-back WW2 victory parade as worries over war in Ukraine deepen ⊖⊖
The parade this year had no tanks or other military equipment rolling through Moscow's Red Square amid threats from Ukraine.
86 days ago
Ukraine expands oil strikes on Russia as Putin proposes brief ceasefire ⊖
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In a phone call with President Trump, Putin proposed a ceasefire on 9 May, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in WW2.
Thousands of homes are evacuated after unexploded WW2 bomb discovered in Plymouth ⊖
A cordon was extended to 400 metres in the Southway area of Plymouth, Devon, after advice from military bomb disposal experts.
87 days ago
Scared Putin axes tanks and military hardware from annual WW2 parade over fears Ukraine could attack ⊖⊖
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The move to a slimmed-down May 9 parade comes more than four years into Russia's war in Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands and drained vast economic resources.