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Winston and the platypus: how a bizarre WW2 diplomacy mission to influence Churchill ended in death and tragedy
Australia tried to send a live platypus across U-boat-infested waters to Britain as a diplomatic gift. The mission, part ...
Handwritten notes reveal Churchill's penicillin concern ahead of D-Day
Winston Churchill's push to obtain penicillin in time to treat casualties expected from D-Day has come to light in documents ...
'Incredible’ Gary Oldman World War II film fans ‘can’t stop watching’
Gary Oldman's Churchill epic is going viral again - and viewers say it's so powerful, they can't stop rewatching it.
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Island artist's Winston Churchill painting auctioned
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Churchill documents reveal D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ from America
The documents were released ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 ...
Churchill did not want D-Day: ‘His plan would have ended WW2 six months earlier’
Winston Churchill did not want D-Day and his counter-plan would have ended the World War 2 six months earlier, according to Churchill movie star Brian Cox.
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‘Powerful' war movie based on real-life events hailed ‘best performances of the century'
The World War II drama has been hailed as "incredible" with viewers confessing they're completely engrossed. The 2017 film, ...
Churchill won the war but lost the peace - was that inevitable?
In the summer of 1945 a number of newspapers, including The Glasgow Herald (as was) confidently predicted that the Tories would win the ...