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September 25, 2024, 6:52 pm
UK sends troops to Cyprus anticipating mass evacuation of its nationals from Lebanon
700 soldiers to join two navy ships already on hand along with aircraft; PM Starmer says very important for British subjects in war-torn country to ‘leave immediately’
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In ‘All the Horrors of War,’ a survivor’s daughter describes how H. L. Glyn Hughes, first Allied Medical Officer to enter Nazi ‘horror camp,’ strived to save lives after liberation
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British soldier who founded IDF parachute school dies at 97
WWII veteran and ‘Machal’ volunteer Tom Derek Bowden was wounded in the same battle in which Moshe Dayan lost his eye
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Ghost town: Visiting a tiny English village where history stopped dead in WWII
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May 26, 2018, 6:24 pm
From snipers to moms: World War II exhibit focuses on women
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