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France pushes for Unesco status for D-Day beaches and Carcassonne fortresses

France's Ministry of Culture on Monday filed an application to have the beaches in Normandy that were the site of the D-Day landings during the Second World War and the medieval fortresses of Carcassonne added to Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 16, 2025

Duke tells of ‘grief we feel in our hearts’ on anniversary of Dresden bombing

The Duke of Kent, the late Queen’s cousin, represented the King in Germany and took part in a human chain around the old town in remembrance.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Duke of Kent represents King in Germany on 80th anniversary of Dresden bombing

The late Queen’s cousin will take part in a human chain around the old town in memory of those who died in the Allies’ Second World War attack.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

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Education for peace: the effort to teach children how to rebuild societies after WWII

While the first world war and the Spanish civil war had already drawn children in Europe and beyond into the orbit of conflict, the second world war marked a pivotal period in how young people have experienced the horrors of war.

The Conversation · Feb 12, 2025

How the brain can miraculously switch off pain

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some cases, the injury was as severe as losing part of a limb.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2025

For Japanese Americans displaced by war and now wildfire, roots remain elusive

Families whose homes burned in the LA fires recall second world war evacuations and fight to retain connection

The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2025

How rural English women used scrapbooks to commemorate the death of Winston Churchill

Sixty years ago, on January 24, Britons gathered around their radios to listen to the sombre BBC announcement that Sir Winston Churchill had died at the age of 90. Others learned about the news at church, as they listened to prayers for the life of the former prime minister, admired…

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2025

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Did Canada Really Just Build a $7.5 Million Monument That Honours Nazis?

Because it sure looks that way

The Walrus · Feb 3, 2025

Holocaust Memorial Day: London survivor, 92, calls for tolerance because ‘we all come from same family’

Janine Webber BEM, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family to avoid Nazi persecution during the Second World War

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

Holocaust survivor calls for tolerance because ‘we all come from same family’

Janine Webber BEM, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family to avoid Nazi persecution during the Second World War.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2025

The Guardian view on Germany’s snap election: playing for the highest of stakes

Editorial: February’s election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential since the second world war

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025

Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes

Australians are no strangers to housing crises. Some will even remember the crisis that followed the second world war. As well as producing the popular mid-century modern style of architecture, these post-war decades were a time of struggle.

The Conversation · Jan 14, 2025

Golden Globes 2025: The Brutalist, Emilia Perez, Wicked, Shogun and Baby Reindeer among big winners

Ceremony that kickstarted the awards season was dominated by first-time winners that included Demi Moore and Zoe Saldana

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

Vatican Spies by Yvonnick Denoël review – a head-spinning history of saints and sinners

A no-holds-barred account of the Vatican’s covert operations – from escape routes for Nazi war criminals to money laundering for the mafia – is revelatory but sometimes too dense for its own good

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025

Second World War veterans urged to register for VE Day and VJ Day events

The anniversaries are in May and August this year.

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2024

Soldiers keep wartime tradition alive with festive blanket competition

The contest dates back to the Second World War when troops deployed in harsh conditions sought to bring some Christmas cheer to bleak positions.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024

The Six Triple Eight review – true story of heroic black women’s battalion fails to deliver

Kerry Washington is the saving grace in Tyler Perry’s plodding drama about the US army corps tasked with clearing piles of undelivered second world war mail

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

Barry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy jubilant as they wrap Peaky Blinders movie

Written by creator Steven Knight, the new movie is set during the Second World War, and is teased to involve new conflicts for the Shelby family.

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Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2024

Brownfield sites alone cannot solve London's worsening housing crisis

We have under-built for a very long time - London hasn’t built 80,000 homes in any year since the Second World War.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024

Yan F Zhang’s ‘fearsome and memorable’ Fleeting Marrow wins 4thWrite prize

The ‘remarkable’ short story is based on real-life deportations of Chinese seafarers in the UK after the second world war

The Guardian - US · Dec 6, 2024

The Six Triple Eight review – Tyler Perry’s war movie is another bomb

Kerry Washington hams it up in the writer-director’s stodgy ode to a battalion of women in the second world war who deserve far better

The Conversation · Dec 1, 2024

How Lee Miller’s photos remind us of war’s destructive brutality

Almost 80 years since the end of the Second World War, images of its destruction are being brought back to us through the film LEE.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

‘Remarkable’ Second World War veteran to celebrate 100th birthday

Captain Walter Godsal RN, a Burma Star veteran who spent 37 years in the Royal Navy, will turn 100 on December 3.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2024

How the UK’s austerity policies caused life expectancy to fall

Between 1945, when the second world war ended, and the start of the 2010s, average life expectancy and mortality rates in high-income countries improved continuously. But from around 2012, in the UK and in several other countries like the US, Germany and the Netherlands, the rate of improvement slowed, stopped,…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 21, 2024

Israel invokes Nazis and Second World War in response to ICC arrest warrants

ISRAEL has invoked the Second World War as it said the ICC had chosen “the side of terror and evil” by issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin…

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