The navalized, carrier-based version of the Spitfire helped keep the British carrier fleet a force to be reckoned with, and ...

In a twist on what Will Rogers famously said, let's just say I never met a man (or woman) that didn't like Ernest "Olen" Mitchell.

Second World War veterans are being urged by the Royal British Legion to sign up for VE Day 80th anniversary events in 2025 ...

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In some ways it delivered. In June, France welcomed WWII veterans from the US, Canada, UK, and its former colonies to ...

Some 350,000 soldiers from French colonies volunteered or were forced to fight for France in the World Wars. Their contributions have been mostly overlooked. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 26, 2024.) ...

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A lesser-known amphibious landing along France's Mediterranean played a big role in liberating the country from the Nazis. Those troops were under French command, but hailed mostly from Africa.

Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report lists Chicago as a potential landing spot for former Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes. "Given the Chicago Cubs won just 83 games a year ago, it would seem they should be ...

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He was celebrated as a national hero at the 80th anniversary commemorations of the Normandy Landings in Portsmouth this Summer. King Charles III praised the courage of those who were involved in ...

Roy Hayward lost both his legs in Normandy aged 18 after his Sherman tank came under attack A veteran tank crewman who lost both his legs after landing on Gold Beach on D-Day has died at the age ...