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Archaeologists Unearth More Than 100 Projectiles From an Iconic Battlefield in Scotland

In April 1746, troops met near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands for a brief but deadly battle. One group, known as the ...
WW2 Wayfinder on MSN

Where the Battle of Britain Began

In this Then & Now episode, we revisit the quiet hills of Kent where, on July 8, 1940, the RAF scored its first fighter kill ...

Rare Jacobite 'projectiles' found at scene of last battle fought on British soil

A team of Scottish archaeologists have recovered more than 100 projectiles from an unexplored area of Culloden Battlefield.
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Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, dies at 105

LONDON (AP) — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...