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It wasn't until India Sturgis interviewed her grandfather that her family knew the full extent of his contribution to the war effort.
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An organisation of Nepalese soldiers, the Gurkhas have fought in the British Army for the last 200 years. Alex Pope from the Gurkha Welfare Trust reveals Bhaktasing Pun's story.
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John Jellicoe Blair was one of almost 500 Black Caribbean air crew in the RAF during the Second World War. Mark Johnson talks about his great-uncle.
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The wooden de Havilland Mosquito was the fastest plane in the world at the time of the Second World War and just so happens to be comedian Tony Law's favourite aircraft.
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Edward Dixon was part of the heroic squad that liberated Dachau concentration camp. We hear from Edward and how his story lives on with his son, Johnston Dixon.
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Alongside an accountant, a bank manager, and a salesman, bricklayer Stanley Hayes was a member of a secret auxiliary unit trained in covert guerrilla warfare to resist a Nazi invasion and occupation.
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Under the cover of the darkness, serial killer Gordon Cummins unleashed a reign of terror. Penny Legg, author of Crime in the Second World War tells the story of the Blackout Ripper.
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This is the story of how three plucky Scottish soldiers from Argyll escaped German-occupied France using their wits and knowledge of Scottish Gaelic.
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As a fireman during the Belfast Blitz, Joanne Campbell's grandfather saved thousands of lives.
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Stanley Hollis is the example of a brave and unselfish leader who put himself - literally - in the firing line to save his men.
WW2 Headquarters
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