Insight WW2 veteran aged 102 dies on way to D-Day event Posted onJune 6, 2024 The World War Two navy veteran is remembered by a friend as having a “real zest for life”. 8133587
Insight Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed Posted onOctober 14, 2023 WW2 spy Phyllis Latour has died aged 102. Now the full story of her wartime career can be told. 97668
Insight Operation Dynamo: Search for ships lost in WW2 Dunkirk rescue Posted onSeptember 20, 2023 More than 305 vessels were lost during the daring mission to save 338,226 Allied soldiers in 1940. 221008
Insight WW2 Bletchley Park codebreaker dies aged 99 Posted onSeptember 6, 2023 Margaret Betts was headhunted for her role when she was only 19 years old. 7841109
Insight Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv Posted onJuly 2, 2023 London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany. 2834547
Insight Flt Sgt Peter Brown: Hundreds attend funeral of WW2 RAF airman Posted onMay 25, 2023 Flt Sgt Peter Brown’s funeral took place in Westminster after a campaign for a “fitting send-off”. 4171384
Insight Montevideo Maru: Australia finds wreck of Japanese WW2 disaster ship Posted onApril 22, 2023 The Japanese ship was torpedoed off the Philippines in 1942, killing nearly 1,000 Australian prisoners. 103511022
Insight Funeral for WW2 veteran Flt Sgt Peter Brown moved as crowds expected Posted onMarch 25, 2023 Too many mourners were expected at Flt Sgt Peter Brown’s funeral which was planned for Wednesday. 795814
Insight RAF Scampton: Historians pen letter against WW2 airfield migrant plan Posted onMarch 19, 2023 A group of historians pen a letter saying RAF Scampton shoud not be used to house asylum seekers. 1486781
Insight Watch: WW2 bomb blast seen from multiple angles Posted onFebruary 11, 2023 Nobody was injured when the unplanned detonation happened in Great Yarmouth. 3836610
Insight Great Yarmouth: Huge blast after unplanned WW2 bomb detonation Posted onFebruary 10, 2023 Norfolk Police say the bomb detonated unplanned during an attempt to defuse it. 23561045
Insight RSPB Minsmere: WW2 sea defences emerge from Suffolk beach Posted onDecember 7, 2022 A slice of England’s wartime history has re-emerged – thanks, in part, to easterly winds. 101521059
Insight Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin says world faces most dangerous decade since WW2 Posted onOctober 28, 2022 Putin says West’s undivided dominance over world affairs is coming to an end 90224
Insight World faces most dangerous decade since WW2 – Putin Posted onOctober 27, 2022 Russia’s president says the West is unable to stay in charge, but is “desperately trying” to cling on. 10972786
Insight Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female PM and first far-right leader since WW2 Posted onOctober 22, 2022 Giorgia Meloni has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Italy, becoming the country’s first female leader and heading its first far-right government … 2970623
Insight WW2 dog’s gallantry medal and memorabilia sells for £140,000 at auction Posted onOctober 12, 2022 Rob completed 20 parachute descents during World War Two. 8877530
Insight Remains of RAF airmen who died during WW2 buried during ceremonies Posted onSeptember 30, 2022 Three full military burial services organised by the Ministry of Defence laid to rest nine men at Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands this week. 9587221
Insight Drought-hit river Danube reveals sunken WW2 warships Posted onAugust 23, 2022 Ships laden with more than ‘10,000 explosive ordnance’ threatens shipping and fishery industries 6039531
Insight Ben Wallace: Russia ‘mirroring’ WW2 fascism in Ukraine invasion Posted onMay 9, 2022 The defence secretary says Russia is “repeating the errors” of 70 years ago. 7878792
Insight War in Ukraine: Zelensky WW2 speech accuses Russia of Nazi atrocities Posted onMay 8, 2022 The Ukrainian leader compares Russia’s invasion of his country to wartime Nazi bombings. 2742871
Insight Watch live as Macron leads WW2 victory day commemoration in France Posted onMay 8, 2022 French President, Emmanuel Macron, is set to take part in Paris’ annual V-E Day ceremony (8 May) to mark the 77th anniversary of the end … 59771132
Insight Joe Biden calls for regime change in Moscow as he likens invasion to WW2 horrors Posted onMarch 26, 2022 The US president issued a direct message to the Russian people during a major speech from Warsaw. 2021251