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D-Day: How Operation PLUTO in Southampton helped win the war

During its peak usage, PLUTO transported a staggering one million gallons of petrol daily across the sea to France.

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Inspirational D-Day veteran David Teacher, 100, who joined the RAF aged 18 before serving as a mechanic in one of first units to storm Normandy s Juno Beach in 1944 dies less than a fortnight before 80th anniversary of landings

David Teacher, who served as a mechanic with the RAF in the Second World War, died last Friday, a spokesperson for the Broughton House veterans care home in Salford, Greater Manchester, said.

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Beacon lighting for 80th anniversary of D-Day landings

The 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings will be marked with a special lighting of a beacon on the hillside between Largs and Skelmorlie.

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Military Book Review Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare

Military Book Review Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare
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In Operation Biting, Max Hastings tells a real-life Boy s Own tale

In Operation Biting, Max Hastings tells a real-life Boy s Own tale
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