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1912 Titanic sunk

Undated artist impression showing the 14 April 1912 shipwreck of the Titanic off the Nova-Scotia coasts.

An ocean disaster, unprecedented in history, has happened in the Atlantic. The White Star liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage, carrying nearly 2,400 people, has been lost near Cape Race

The Titanic disaster

Everything had been done to make the huge vessel unsinkable, and her owners believed her to be so

Death roll of 1,328

Both in England and America the news overshadows every other interest. It is a catastrophe without parallel

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D-Day, June 1944  

Allied forces arriving at the beaches

The great assault going well

The Allied Expeditionary Army was fighting inland from the beaches of Normandy last night after the greatest operation of its kind in history

Leading article: Attack

The first flash of lightning has come and even while we are deafened by thunder we breathe most easily in the freer air

Merchant navy's role

A thousand merchant ships, manned by 50,000 gallant seamen, have returned again to the beaches of western Europe

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Lord Kitchener in the famous First World War posters

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