HISTORICAL FACTS: 27 | History Defined

We'll mint again: Dame Vera Lynn life celebrated with launch of £2 coin

The coin, designed by the Royal Mint’s in-house designers, will not enter general circulation

Wales Online · Feb 28, 2022

We’ll mint again: £2 coins celebrating Dame Vera Lynn go on sale

The coins have been designed by the Royal Mint with the support of Dame Vera’s family.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

'Walking around Kyiv is like stepping into a scene from the Second World War'

British journalist Oz Katerji is in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and has been keeping a diary since Russia invaded early on Thursday morning, which he has shared exclusively with the Mirror

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022

'Vladimir Putin is doing exactly what Hitler did when he invaded Poland in 1939'

Author Dr Robert Lyman says 2022 is the most dangerous year in Europe since the end of the Second World War. He says parallels between Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler are uncanny

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon warns Ukraine invasion could be 'most dangerous moment since Second World War'

The First Minister led Scottish political leaders at Holyrood today in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calling for severe sanctions against the Kremlin.

Daily Record · Feb 24, 2022

Ukraine: UK must turn rhetoric on Russia into action in ‘critical moment’, says Sturgeon

Scotland’s First Minister said the crisis in Ukraine could be ‘the most critical moment for the world since the Second World War’.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Alan Turing celebrated by National Lottery during LGBT+ History Month

LGBT+ icon Alan Turing helped decipher codes from the Nazis during the Second World War.

Wales Online · Feb 23, 2022

Sturgeon: UK must turn rhetoric on Russia into action in ‘critical moment’

Scotland’s First Minister said the crisis in Ukraine could be ‘the most critical moment for the world since the Second World War’.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Vladimir Putin's childhood explained - from 'miracle baby' to power-crazed president

Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in Leningrad, now St Petersburg, a city that had been under siege for 900 days in the Second World War. Putin was a street kid, small for his age and bullied

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022

Johnson announces sanctions as West responds to Putin

War on the European continent is the rule, rather than the exception. From the Visigoths and Charlemagne to the Second World War and Kosovo, this corner of the world has endured a near-constant state of fighting. Not for nothing is the ‘list of conflicts in Europe‘ Wikipedia page several hundred…

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2022