World War Two

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EM Forster's letters among new wartime refugee archive
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Surrey
Posted
8 May
The WW2 spy killed in mystery crash days after the war ended
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Wales
Posted
8 May
Occupation experts join forces to preserve WW2 history
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UK
Posted
8 May
'Dad faked his age in WW2 to sign up for the Army'
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Guernsey
Posted
8 May
Tank heroes' Victoria Crosses together for VE Day
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Dorset
Posted
8 May
War veteran, 102, among last two Chindit survivors
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England
Posted
8 May
WW2 veteran says working with others eased her fear
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England
Posted
8 May
Stones unveiled to remember Nazi Occupation victims
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Guernsey
Posted
7 May
Award for couple who helped escaped prisoner of war
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Jersey
Posted
7 May
Guernsey WW2 liberation hero honoured in sculpture
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UK
Posted
7 May
Service marks 85th anniversary of bombing raids
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
6 May
German gunner to get headstone after WW2 crash
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Somerset
Posted
6 May
Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
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Jersey
Posted
6 May
'I was a baby when Nazi officers took over our home'
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Guernsey
Posted
5 May
Heroes of the Soham rail disaster remembered
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
5 May
Witness History. Norway's WW2 railway sabotage plot. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1942, Norwegian resistance fighters set out to blow up a railway used by the Nazis
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Free lunch to mark Armed Forces Day
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Lincolnshire
Posted
4 May
Family hopes 'outstanding' models find new homes
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
4 May
'Don't panic,' but Jonesy's van repairs cost £10.5k
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Norfolk
Posted
4 May
People returning to 'normality' after WW2 bomb
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Devon
Posted
2 May
The WW2 child murder that devastated a family and a community
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Northern Ireland
Posted
2 May
WW2 bomb detonated after building site discovery
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Devon
Posted
1 May
Watch: Moment WW2 bomb detonated in Plymouth. Video, 00:00:32
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Devon
Posted
1 May
Airman's son pays emotional visit to dad's exhibit
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
1 May