Remains of two Second World War servicemen identified after police investigation The pair's bodies were discovered on remote farmland almost 80 years after they died Wales Online · Feb 3, 2022
Remarkable new Edinburgh pictures show the city enjoying the swinging sixties A collection of images from the 60s show a city in transformation, as people up and down the country came out the other end of a struggle to recover from the Second World War. Edinburgh Live · Feb 3, 2022
Bones discovered on farmland identified as Second World War airmen A 72-year-old man was arrested in connection with the discovery, but the investigation has now ended without any charges being brought. The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2022
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family share memories on first anniversary of his death The Second World War veteran who raised £38.9m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday, died on February 2 last year Wales Online · Feb 2, 2022
Village's rare air raid siren from Second World War is given listed status "I wanted to save it, particularly as it is such a rare and highly visual landmark of the war-time Home Front.” Manchester Evening News · Feb 1, 2022
Book review: how Africa was central to the making of the modern world Journalist, photographer, author and professor Howard W. French’s Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, is the most recent in a long career of thoughtful and significant literary and journalistic interventions. It demands an account of modernity that reckons… The Conversation · Jan 27, 2022
What is Holocaust Memorial Day, what is theme for 2022 – and why do we mark it? National Holocaust Day, or Holocaust Memorial Day, remembers the victims of the Holocaust during the Second World War. Here's what you need to know about the memorial day and how it's marked Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2022
French MPs vote to return artworks stolen by Nazis to rightful owners French parliamentarians have voted unanimously in favour of a bill to restore stolen artworks, looted by Nazis during the second world war, to their Jewish owners. Culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said it was a "historic" moment that would set wheels in motion for further restitutions. Radio France Internationale · Jan 26, 2022
BBC show The Repair Shop restores historic Second World War family heirloom Wednesday night's episode of The Repair Shop sees the BBC series delight one client - carefully restoring a sailor hat from the Second World War once thought to be unrepairable Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2022
Boris Johnson warns 'Russian mothers' sons will not come home' if Putin invades Ukraine UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned against a war that would leave Ukraine a 'wasteland' and risk the worst bloodshed since the Second World War after Russia 'put a gun to Ukraine's head' Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2022
Top 10 Mercedes grand prix drivers: Hamilton, Fangio, Moss and more Mercedes has a longer history in grand prix racing than any other constructor. Although it didn’t appear in the first Formula 1 world championship in 1950, as Ferrari did, the legend of the Silver Arrows had already been forged before the Second World War. Autosport · Jan 23, 2022
Wythenshawe's Tin Town has the city's rarest homes - and a special story to tell After the Second World War thousands of steel-framed, pre-fab homes were built to tackle Britain's housing shortage - few survive in Greater Manchester Manchester Evening News · Jan 23, 2022
Operation Mincemeat review: A glittering Second World War musical that is funnier than Hamilton SpitLip’s comedy musical about a little-known wartime plot is as daring as it is comic The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022
BBC My Family, the Holocaust & Me: Judge Robert Rinder's real story of his Jewish family's tragic history We delved into the heartbreaking truth of what Judge Rinder's family suffered through during the Second World War Wales Online · Jan 19, 2022