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Fayetteville's Liberty Tree legend isn’t as clear as we think | Opinion

Fayetteville’s Liberty Tree holds a powerful legend, but the truth is more complicated than local lore suggests.
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How Das Reich fought at Dunkirk as Britain escaped disaster

Fresh from the Netherlands, Das Reich was thrown into the brutal fighting around Dunkirk and the drive deeper into France, where surprise attacks, canal crossings, British counterblows, and desperate ...

World's largest haul of war medals will stay in UK after 'woke' museum decision

Fury erupted after the Imperial War Museum shut The Lord Ashcroft Gallery after 15 years because so few people remember the ...
Historical Digs on MSN

This is Britain’s most important fighter that few people remember

During the Battle of Britain in 1940, the Royal Air Force faced the full strength of the German Luftwaffe. Several aircraft ...

How a World War II fighter pilot from Mojave — with the eyes of an eagle — avenged his wingman’s death

Among the survivors of the relentless, high-altitude peril during World War II was a 23-year-old Army Air Force captain, R.C. Franklin of Mojave.
HistoryExtra

Meet the embattled French WW2 leader who withstood the Nazis – and Winston Churchill

In June 1940, as France collapsed and Britain faced the prospect of resisting the Nazis alone, Winston Churchill searched for a French leader willing to keep fighting ...