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US Military Tested 'Tsunami Bomb' As Alternative To Nuclear Weapons

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: Second World War, UK News, Tsunami, World War 2, Military Technology, US Military, Tsunami Bomb, Weapons, Ww2, UK Tech News

The United States once tried to build a "tsunami bomb" designed to wipe out coastal cities by triggering huge underwater explosions. The tests were...

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Bomber Command Memorial Ranked London's Top Tourist Site

Group Captain Mike Neville | Posted 14.01.2013 | UK
Read More: London, Royal Air Force, UK News, Bomber Command Memorial, London Attractions, World War Two, World War 2, Bomber Command, Defence, World War II, UK News
Group Captain Mike Neville

This week, the Bomber Command Memorial at Green Park was voted London's most popular tourist attraction according to Trip Advisor. This is a really poignant moment for everyone who supported the five-year project to erect a Memorial to the 55,573 men who lost their lives serving in Bomber Command.

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Ghosts Of War

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 29.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Photos, Soldiers, UK News, World War 2, France, Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, Home News

Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse's hauntingly beautiful photos remind us of the soldiers and civilians who suffered during World War 2 on the very streets that we ...

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A Tale of Two Cities: Peckham Rye

Jason Holmes | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Style
Read More: India, Brigade Road, World War 2, Newburgh Street, Soho, Paisley, Mods, Bespoke, East India Company, Prada, Kashmir, Eddie Piller, Bangalore India, The Raj, Gibraltar, Malta, Acid Jazz Records, Peckham Rye, Carnaby Street, David Gandy, A Tale of Two Cities, UK Style News
Jason Holmes

When Jason Holmes met Martin Brighty, owner of Soho-based gentlemen's outfitter Peckham Rye, he discovered the latest chapter in a tailoring story tha...

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Nazi 'Death By Chocolate' Plot Against Churchill

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar and Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Winston Churchill, UK News, World War 2, Second World War, Chocolate, UK Politics, Assassination Plots, Nazism, Adolf Hitler, UK Weird News, UK News

A 1943 scheme by Nazi Germany to assassinate Winston Churchill through an explosive bar of chocolate has been uncovered nearly 70 years later in a sec...

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Bomber Command Memorial Opened

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 28.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Raf, Bomber Command, Royal Air Force, UK News, Bomber Command Memorial, World War 2, Royal Family, Queen's Jubilee, World War Two, Diamond Jubilee, World War II, The Queen, Video, UK News

The Queen opened a £7m memorial to the members of Bomber Command who served and died during the Second World War on Thursday. The Bomber Command M...

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Revealed: The Churchill Letters Filed Away For 60 Years

PA | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Winston Churchill, Worcester, UK News, Wwii, World War 2, Second World War, Ww2, UK News

Hundreds of original documents, including seven signed letters from Winston Churchill written in the 1940s, have been unearthed during a council's spr...

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Letters Home from WWII: Posted to Bridlington!

Helen Spencer | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: History, Genealogy, World War 2, Nostalgia, Memories, War, Family, UK Lifestyle News
Helen Spencer

This emotional journey will revisit the stories of my Uncle Joe once again. I hope you will enjoy them, and think of your family as you read.

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MI5 Files Reveal How The Nazis Forged British Bank Notes - And Why

PA | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK
Read More: mi5, National Archives, UK News, Nazis, World War 2, Secret Files, MI5 Files, Nazi Plot, Ww2, UK News

Nazi forgers succeeded in flooding Europe with fake British bank notes, "destroying" confidence in the UK currency, according to secret MI5 files made...

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Last Vulcan Bomber To Take To Skies For Queen's Jubilee

PA | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK
Read More: Vulcan Bomber, Vulcan, World War 2, Queen?S-Diamond-Jubilee, Aeroplane, UK News

The only remaining airworthy Vulcan bomber is to take to the skies during 2012 for a Diamond Jubilee tour in honour of the Queen, it has been announce...

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Bath: The Forgotten Blitz

Nick Knowles | Posted 04.10.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: The Blitz, Nick Knowles, Bath, Hitler, World War 2, Baedeker Blitz, Ww2, Bath Blitz, Lübeck, Uktv, Uktvdocumentary, UK Entertainment News
Nick Knowles

War is a terrible thing, but by its nature it puts people in extreme situations where history has shown us that they display an incredible strength of human spirit. I'd like to think that I would have been as brave as the people of Bath, but I doubt I would've been.

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