9Sep
Second World War letters and photographs preserved in digital archive
The archive currently holds about 3,500 personal documents, including 2,000 photographs.
9Sep
Navy ships are sent to protect British Second World War wrecks that are being plundered by pirates
Military chiefs are sending a task force to protect British ships designated as war graves after The Mail on Sunday revealed how they are being plundered by pirates.
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9Sep
Veterans of RAF 550 Squadron return for 75th anniversary reunion
An act of remembrance formed part of the annual reunion in North Killingholme, where the 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force was based from 1944 to 1945
9Sep
Second World War veterans to reunite above the skies of Coventry
Around 100 veterans are expected to be in attendance
6Sep
Locals restore second World War ‘Éire’ sign on Bray Head
Recently uncovered display was used as navigational aid by US planes
6Sep
This 'Rifle That Won World War II' Is Likely To Be The Most Expensive Ever
General George Patton called it “the greatest battle implement ever devised.” It was our nation’s first successful semi-automatic battle rifle, and it was used to defeat fascist forces from the frozen forests of Bastogne to the volcanic ridges of Iwo Jima.
5Sep
World War II veteran honored in Carlsbad
He fought in Okinawa. He fought in Iwo Jima. Both some of the biggest naval battles in military history, and pivotal moments in World War II. At 93 years old, Calvin Strickland was honored for his service to the U.S. Navy Tuesday in his hometown of Carlsbad.
2Sep
Reunion for the hidden Bletchley Park heroines who helped break Hitler code
Almost 100 codebreakers will gather at Bletchley Park today to celebrate the role that breaking Nazi and Japanese codes played in securing victory in the Second World War. Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman and Bill Tutte are famed for unravelling Hitler’s messages, but the thousands of staff who laboured night and day received little recognition.
2Sep
Russia celebrates the Day Second World War ended
Day the Second World War ended is celebrated today in Russia.
2Sep
Navy divers blow up Second World War German bomb after it got caught up in nets put out by fishermen
This dramatic footage shows the moment Royal Navy bomb disposal experts blow up a Second World War German bomb.
2Sep
British Second World War veteran sets scuba diving record at age of 95
A 95-year-old British veteran of the Second World War broke his own record on Saturday as the world's oldest scuba diver after taking the plunge to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus.
2Sep
WW2 - September 1 1939 - The Polish German War
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long:
31Aug
Outrage as Glasgow war memorial torched in suspected petrol bomb attack
The new tribute in Dennistoun to those who gave their lives in the First and Second World War was targeted overnight.
31Aug
Special service in Nuneaton to honour fallen airmen of all nations
Airmen who lost their lives whilst serving at Nuneaton’s two wartime airfields will be remembered during a special service on Battle of Britain Sunday.
31Aug
Manchester bomb alert: Homes evacuated after Second World War grenade found in Stockport
Police were called to homes on the edge of Manchester today after a Second World War grenade was unearthed.
29Aug
Newly-released files show UK ignored rise of anti-Semitism in Second World War
National Archive documents show British politicians blamed Jews for the rise of hatred and failed to act to stop it
29Aug
World War II air raid shelter cafe gets urgent protection
Brisbane City Council urgently protected two potential heritage properties from development, including a private air raid shelter that was converted into a cafe.
28Aug
WW2 Wellington Bomber Being Restored To Former Glory
Work is continuing on one of just two surviving Vickers Wellington bombers from the Second World War.
28Aug
Lost WWII warplane found entombed in glacier
Engineers plan to recover the P-38, buried under 300 feet of ice, during an expedition next summer.
27Aug
Researching S.I.R. interrogation reports enemy POWs
Currently we're researching the southern end of Operation Market Garden. Part of that research is going through the interrogation reports of German prisoners of war in the National Archives in Kew. They are part of the WO 208 Prisoners of War section. There is a bit of a problem with those. There those not seems to be an index for them, or a logical order. They aren't sorted by date or any thing else.
27Aug
Second World War bomb defused in Germany, 18,500 evacuated before the operation
Ludwigshafen citizens were ordered to leave their homes as a precaution ahead of the defusing operation.
26Aug
Jewish Heirs Take On an Art Foundation That Rights Nazi Wrongs
The German Lost Art Foundation tries to return art looted during World War II, but a family is challenging its ruling about works by Egon Schiele.
25Aug
Sacramento World War II Hero Returning To France For Honors
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — His bomber went down near Germany in World War II. He not only lived to tell the story but now he’s being honored in France 75 years later.
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