The war hero pigeon that defied a sniper’s bullet to carry Nazi secrets back to Britain
The bird’s bravery medal – awarded for its role in the destruction of a German arms site – has been listed for auction at £10 ...
Family stunned to learn that the father they thought was 'just a cook' had secret wartime life in elite paratrooper unit tasked with rescuing British POWs, as hidden m…
The medals belonged to Captain Leslie Scott, part of a special unit made up of just 360 Allied parachute-trained special ...
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Bravery medal awarded to pigeon who defied a sniper's bullet to carry Nazi secrets back to Britain during WW2 set to go under the hammer
And now a medal awarded to one of the pigeons which inspired the film, has gone on sale for £10,000 at the ... Resistance containing the location of a German arms factory which was then bombed.
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Rare Allied special forces war memorabilia 'found in loft' to go under the hammer in Scarborough
Some of the most rare Allied special forces memorabilia of the Second World War is to go under the hammer in an auction in ...
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Sens. Blackburn, Schatz push for congressional medal for WWII officer who saved Jewish troops
The honor would go to Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, an Army officer who helped save the lives of Jewish-American ...
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Jewelry with Nazi ties fetches record prices at Christie’s auction amid controversy
Some Jewish groups had urged Christie’s to halt the sale, citing Helmut Horten’s record during the Nazi era, when he amassed a fortune after buying businesses whose Jewish owners sold them ...
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Olympic medals offered in sale includes 1904 gold winner
RR Auction offered a number of items from past Olympic games during a recent sale, with a gold medal from the first Olympics ...
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Holocaust memorial chair: Musk’s call for Germany to ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt is dangerous
The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the ...
Newly discovered photos of Nazi deportations show Jewish victims as they were last seen alive
Berline, born in 1925, escaped Nazi Germany in 1939. She did not remember how her family obtained the images but recalled the photographer as Otto Weissbach, a “wonderful” man who had helped Fulda’s ...
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Elon Musk addresses far-right crowd in Germany after backlash over salutes, Nazi puns
On the heels of the backlash to his gestures at a Donald Trump inauguration event and his attempts to make Nazi-related jokes on X, Elon Musk told supporters of Germany’s far-right party on ...
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Holocaust memorial chair: Musk’s call for Germany to ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt is dangerous
The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the country’s ...