Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy

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✧ The Astronomer ✧

The Astronomer is an oil painting on canvas by the Dutch Golden Age artist Johannes Vermeer, completed in 1668. The work depicts an astronomer studying a celestial globe beside a copy of Adriaan Metius's Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae. Closely related to Vermeer's The Geographer...

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Churchill's words. Hitler's decisions. Stalin's choices. Civilian voices from every nation. Martin Gilbert gives every side of WWII equal weight. A 4-star essential read.
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The Complete History of WWII in One Book: Martin Gilbert's Masterwork

A sweeping review of The Second World War: A Complete History covering WWII battles, leaders, and human stories with clarity and depth.

Calgary Second World War veteran, former CPS member dies at 105
Calgary police officers, transit officers and members of the fire department lined Memorial Drive Wednesday to honour the life of Second World War veteran Henry (Hank) Jackson, who died May 24 at the age of 105.
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Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose - Destination's Journey

Photos of the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose, a high altitude interceptor designed for the USAAF. Poor performance led to project cancellation

Destination's Journey
Westland P.12 Delanne Lysander - Destination's Journey

Photos of the Westland P.12 Delanne Lysander, sometimes referred to as the Westland Wendover. A modified Lysander with a powered gun turret

Destination's Journey
HMS Bonaventure British Light Cruiser - Destination's Journey

Photos of the British light cruiser HMS Bonaventure. Commissioned in May 1940. Sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra 31 March 1941 off Crete

Destination's Journey
HMS Charybdis British Light Cruiser - Destination's Journey

Photos of the British Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Charybdis of the Did0-class. Launched in 1940. Sunk in Oct 1943 by German torpedo boats

Destination's Journey