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Bucha Summit 2025 in Ukraine

Vice-President of the European Parliament Martin Hojsik, Speaker of the Sejm of Poland Szymon Holownia, Marshal of the Senate of Poland Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, President of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco and Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia Urska Klakocar Zupancic (L to R) attend the Bucha Summit 2025, which marks three years since the liberation of Bucha from Russian occupiers, in Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on March 31, 2025.

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Second Black Sea Security Conference in Sofia

SOFIA, BULGARIA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Chairman of the Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019-2020) Andriy Zagorodniuk, Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, former Director-General of the Defence Academy within the Joint Forces Command Air Marshal (ret.) Edward Stringer, former Deputy Commander of the NATO Allied Maritime Command (2020-2023) Vice Admiral (ret.) Didier Piaton, Associate Professor in Security Policy and Strategy at the Swedish Defence University, Former Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) LtGen (ret.) Dr Dennis Gyllensporre and general inspector of the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Admiral of the Ukrainian Navy and former Navy Commander Igor Voronchenko (L to R) attend the the 'Strategic Overview of Security Situation in the Black and Azov Sea, Prospects and Future' discussion panel at the Second Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimea Platform, Sofia, Bulgar

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Second Black Sea Security Conference in Sofia

SOFIA, BULGARIA - APRIL 14, 2024 - Chairman of the Centre for Defence Strategies, Minister of Defence of Ukraine (2019-2020) Andriy Zagorodniuk, Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, former Director-General of the Defence Academy within the Joint Forces Command Air Marshal (ret.) Edward Stringer, former Deputy Commander of the NATO Allied Maritime Command (2020-2023) Vice Admiral (ret.) Didier Piaton, Associate Professor in Security Policy and Strategy at the Swedish Defence University, Former Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) LtGen (ret.) Dr Dennis Gyllensporre and general inspector of the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Admiral of the Ukrainian Navy and former Navy Commander Igor Voronchenko (L to R) attend the the 'Strategic Overview of Security Situation in the Black and Azov Sea, Prospects and Future' discussion panel at the Second Black Sea Security Conference of the International Crimea Platform, Sofia, Bulgar

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center R) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (center L) visit the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum of his father and former leader Kim Jong Il and his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, the second anniversary of the death of his father. Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae is seen at fourth from left, front row.

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2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, representing the country's army, delivers a speech at a memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 17, 2013, to mark the second anniversary of the death of the country's previous leader Kim Jong Il.

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Choe Ryong Hae

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in Pyongyang in July 2013 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R front) and Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae (L front) walking in a cemetery for soldiers who died during the Korean War. Jang Song Thaek (far L, back), Kim's uncle and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also seen. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Choe Ryong Hae

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken in Pyongyang in July 2013 shows North Korean Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae.

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Kim Jong Un, Choe Ryong Hae to lead N. Korea defense body

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) is re-elected as head of the National Defense Commission and Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae is chosen as new vice chairman of the body by parliament in Pyongyang on April 9, 2014.

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Choe became vice chairman of defense commission

TOKYO, Japan - North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae is seen in this undated file photo. He was elected as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission at the April 9, 2014, session of the Supreme People's Assembly, the country's parliament, in Pyongyang.

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N. Korea's Jo arrives in U.S. for high-level talks

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - North Korea's second-most powerful official, Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok, (L), arrives at San Francisco International Airport for a one-day stopover on Oct. 8, where he was greeted by former Defense Secretary William Perry (R). Perry had been the United States' policy coordinator for North Korea between November 1998 and September 2000. Jo is on his way to Washington and will be the highest-ranking North Korean ever to visit the U.S. capital.

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S., N. Korea begin first-ever defense ministers' talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae shake hands in the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministers' talks, which opened at a hotel in Cheju Island on Sept. 25. The two-day talks will explore ways of easing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and promoting confidence-building measures on the world's last remaining Cold War frontier.

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N. Korean defense minister enters S. Korea

PANMUNJOM - Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, minister for North Korea's People's Armed Forces, (2nd from L) enters South Korea through the truce village of Panmunjom on Sept. 24 for talks with South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae on the Cheju Island for the first ever inter-Korean defense ministerial talks on Sept. 25-26. Photo shows the North Korean minister being received by a South Korean military officer in Panmunjom.

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S., N. Korea begin first-ever defense ministers' talks

CHEJU ISLAND, South Korea - North Korean People's Armed Forces Minister Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae shake hands in the first-ever inter-Korean defense ministers' talks, which opened at a hotel in Cheju Island on Sept. 25. The two-day talks will explore ways of easing military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and promoting confidence-building measures on the world's last remaining Cold War frontier.

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Battle Of Britain - film (1969)

Trevor Howard Characters: Air Vice Marshal Keith Park Film: Battle Of Britain (UK 1969) Director: Guy Hamilton 15 September 1969 Date: 15-Sep-69

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633 Squadron - film (1964)

Donald Houston, George Chakiris & Harry Andrews Characters: Group Capt. Don Barrett, Lt. Erik Bergman, Air Vice Marshal Davis Film: 633 Squadron (1964) Director: Walter Grauman 01 April 1964 Date: 01-Apr-64

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The Desert Fox film (1951)

James Mason, Walter Kingsford, Leo G. Carroll Characters: Field Marshal Erwin Johannes Rommel,Vice-Admiral Friedrich Ruge (uncredited),Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt Film: The Desert Fox: The Story Of Rommel (USA 1951) Director: Henry Hathaway 17 October 1951 Date: 17-Oct-51

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N. Korea's No. 2 military leader dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows North Korea's No. 2 military leader Jo Myong Rok (L) applauding while viewing a military parade on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in October 2005. Jo, a vice marshal of the Korean People's Army, died on Nov. 6, 2010, at age 82 of chronic heart disease, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported. At right in the photo is North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and in the center is Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea's Jo arrives in U.S. for high-level talks

SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. - North Korea's second-most powerful official, Vice Marshal Jo Myong Rok, (L), arrives at San Francisco International Airport for a one-day stopover on Oct. 8, where he was greeted by former Defense Secretary William Perry (R). Perry had been the United States' policy coordinator for North Korea between November 1998 and September 2000. Jo is on his way to Washington and will be the highest-ranking North Korean ever to visit the U.S. capital.

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N. Korean defense minister enters S. Korea

PANMUNJOM - Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, minister for North Korea's People's Armed Forces, (2nd from L) enters South Korea through the truce village of Panmunjom on Sept. 24 for talks with South Korean Defense Minister Cho Sung Tae on the Cheju Island for the first ever inter-Korean defense ministerial talks on Sept. 25-26. Photo shows the North Korean minister being received by a South Korean military officer in Panmunjom.