How a Broadway Musical Revealed a Family’s World War II Spy Secrets
Descendants of characters in “Operation Mincemeat,” a hit British musical now in New York, have gotten more out of seeing it ...
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The Unique British Hotel With World War II-Era Pillboxes On Its Property
The island was sold in 1927 to filmmaker Archibald Nettlefold, who built a more substantial hotel in the Art Deco style, ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
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‘Plainville Women and World War II’ program set
The Plainville Historical Society will recognize the contributions of local women during World War II at a program Saturday.
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UK’s Tate Britain gallery to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish collector
Spoliation Advisory Panel rules that 'Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy' will be returned to descendants of Samuel ...
When WWII’s ‘Invisible Spy’ visited Chicago’s Art Institute with James Bond creator Ian Fleming
This excerpt from the new book by former Sun-Times reporter and “Masters of Sex” author Thomas Maier details the Bond ...
World War II: Women spies who tricked Nazis
II, and were the only ones allowed to take on a combatant role by the British Army. However, many of them have been forgotten ...
David Attenborough’s secret World War 2 bravery revealed
Sir David Attenborough was just 12 years old when World War II began, but some of his actions made a positive impact on two ...
What WWII data tells us about children, added sugar and chronic disease
Health data from people raised during sugar rationing offers insights on chronic disease. It’s hard to escape the fruit ...
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Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies at 105
The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War II has died at 105, the UK’s Royal Air Force ...
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Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War II has died aged 105, the United Kingdom’s (UK) Royal Air Force (RAF) said. John “Paddy” ...