WW2 Unforgotten Stories, Churchill's Secret Squads

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India Sturgis uncovered her grandfather's war contributions through an interview, sharing how his story lives on with her.

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Nepalese Gurkhas have served Britain for 200 years. Alex Pope of the Gurkha Welfare Trust shares Bhaktasing Pun's inspiring story.

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John Jellicoe Blair was one of almost 500 Black Caribbean air crew in the RAF during the Second World War. Mark Johnson talks about his great-uncle.

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The wooden de Havilland Mosquito, the fastest plane of WWII, is also comedian Tony Law's favourite aircraft.

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Edward Dixon helped liberate Dachau. His story lives on through his son, Johnston Dixon, who shares his father's heroic legacy.

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Bricklayer Stanley Hayes joined a secret World War II unit of saboteurs. His grandson Quentin Hayes shares the story of this covert resistance force.

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Under the cover of darkness, killer Gordon Cummins terrorised wartime Britain. Penny Legg shares the story of the Blackout Ripper.

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Three Scottish soldiers escaped occupied France using Gaelic. Rob Layden and Rod Mackenzie share their daring story from the Argylls' museum.

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Fireman Thomas Mullan saved lives in the Belfast Blitz and was saved himself in 1941, thanks to a well-timed offer of tea, says Joanne Campbell.

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Stanley Hollis, D-Day hero, risked his life to save his men and captured a German outpost. Steve Erskine shares his story from The Green Howards Museum.