You've heard of suicide or kamikaze bombers - but how about suicide battleships!? On 7th April 1945 off the island of Okinawa the Japanese battleship Yamato, which had not been given fuel for its return journey home, arrived with several other ships to attack the American fleet. The Yamato, which was one of the two largest battleships ever built, and her accompanying ships, were sunk by American aircraft before they reached their target.
Grandmother, 90, finally reveals her astonishing past as Dutch resistance ... Daily Mail The frail pensioner, who has lived in Scotland since 1948, has finally told how she became a decorated WW2 hero who was part of an elite fighting force in the Dutch Resistance. Mrs Scott dodged bullets, hid crucial supplies from the Nazis and helped ...
A pardon for Irish soldiers Irish Times The Irish Soldiers Pardons Campaign (WW2) has always accepted without equivocation that desertion is a serious offence and those found guilty of the offence of desertion or any military offence must suffer the consequences.