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Volume 9 - No. 217 - October 12, 1945

Freed at Hongkong They Sing God Save the King

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Freed at Hongkong They Sing God Save the King

Over 2,000 British internees in Hongkong sang God Save the King as the Union Jack was hoisted at Camp Stanley on August 30, 1945 - the first time for almost four years. They were freed by Rear-Admir

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What British Bombers Did at Bremen on the Weser

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What British Bombers Did at Bremen on the Weser

Germany's second largest port, Bremen was a prime target for attacks by the R.A.F. from May 1940 to April 22, 1945 - five days before its capture by the British 2nd Army. Onslaughts included one of

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Now It Can Be Told! - Daring Exploits of Midget Submarine X.24

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Now It Can Be Told! - Daring Exploits of Midget Submarine X.24

How a British midget submarine twice penetrated the Norwegian harbour of Bergen – one of the most heavily defended ports under German control – and sank a 7,500-tons merchant ship, a floating dock

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I Was There! - Sea-Bed Grave for Hitler's Poison Gas

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I Was There! - Sea-Bed Grave for Hitler's Poison Gas

Concentrated in a big forest covering an area of four square miles is one of the greatest stocks of poison gas in Germany, wrote a Daily Telegraph special Correspondent with 21st Army Group on August

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