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            <title><![CDATA[Former Bletchley Park codebreaker turns 100]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Elva Willgrass, worked at the site where Alan Turing cracked the Nazi's Enigma code during WW2.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-cricketer's medal collection sells for £74k]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jack Russell has sold his collection after spending 30 years building it up.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Belfast 'rose to the occasion' during one of the UK's worst WW2 raids]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On the 85th anniversary of the Blitz and ahead of a new play about it, BBC News NI talks to 93-year-old Reggie who lived through it.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Belfast 'rose to the occasion' during one of the UK's worst WW2 raids]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On the 85th anniversary of the Blitz and ahead of a new play about it, BBC News NI talks to 93-year-old Reggie who lived through it.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA['Incredible response' to appeal to trace North West soldiers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Campaigners at a World War Two cemetery have success after an appeal to find missing photographs of soldiers.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:09:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New search engine reveals if ancestors were in Nazi party]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Christian Rainer told the BBC he found his grandfather within seconds using the online tool, which also helped clear other members of his family.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:13:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[D-Day veteran, 100, 'overwhelmed' at Arnhem tribute]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Arnold Walton from Rotherham is guest of honour at a ceremony marking the liberation of Arnhem.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:49:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[WW2 major's failed bid for Hollywood stardom]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Joan Crooke's items are on display at Shrewsbury Castle, including a rejection letter from Hollywood.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[WW2 aircraft donated to museum for restoration]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 1942 Bolingbroke plane was gifted to the museum in Doncaster by the Imperial War Museum.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spitfire flypast marks 90 years since iconic first flight]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight take part in a commemorative flypast.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:22:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dan Snow’s History Hit]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The commanders who didn’t make our main series, but left a lasting mark on WWII.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Explosives-filled shipwreck to have masts removed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The SS Richard Montgomery ran aground in the Thames Estuary in 1944, along with its volatile cargo.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:54:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SAS soldier's priceless archive may never open to public ]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The building the collections are in, a warehouse in Newtownards, needs major renovation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:44:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[VE Day events honour last generation of WW2 veterans]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Royals joined veterans to commemorate VE Day at a remembrance service in Westminster Abbey and a star-studded concert. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 20:53:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Candles, wreaths, famous faces: VE Day at 80 in pictures]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Events are taking place across the UK to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 12:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: Royals, veterans and politicians attend VE Day thanksgiving service and concert]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The service, held at Westminster Abbey, marks 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 22:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Poignant thank you to a heroic generation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[VE Day 80 sees big crowds supporting surviving veterans of World War Two, our correspondent writes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Experience the VE Day flypast from inside a Red Arrows cockpit in 360 video]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 15:53:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[VE Day at 80: What you might have missed]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A guide to the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of VE day. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 11:45:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Red Arrows, royals, veterans and tea: VE Day at 80 in pictures]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Commemorations opened with a military procession and flypast watched by WW2 veterans, royals and huge crowds, and ended with tea parties around the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 18:44:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: Prince Louis steals the show as royals mark VE Day]]></title>
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