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'D-Day needs to remind us of the horror of war,' historian says

Commemorating D-Day is crucial to remind us of the horror of war. That's the view of an historian who has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the fears that we are in a pre-war period with the threat of a third world war, and that this week's commemorations should be a…

France 24 · Jun 5, 2024

Australians remembered for role in D-Day landings

Australian servicemen played a small but important role in the D-Day landings 80 years ago, which turned the tide of the Second World War in Europe.

AAP · Jun 4, 2024

Watch as World War II veterans leave for France ahead of D-Day 80th anniversary

Watch as Second World War veterans leave for France on Tuesday 4 June, ahead of the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy.

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2024

British Museum told of unexploded bomb risk on Bloomsbury site amid energy centre plans

There is ‘medium risk’ of unexploded Second World War bombs, a survey found

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2024

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, wins Oscar for best animation

Master Japanese director wins his second Oscar for story of a young boy searching for his mother during the second world war

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

’The New Look’ costume designer on recreating Christian Dior’s seminal silhouettes

‘The New Look’ on Apple TV+ traces the creation of Christian Dior’s defining silhouettes against the backdrop of the Second World War. Costume designer Karen Muller Serreau tells Wallpaper* how she recreated the era

Wallpaper · Mar 5, 2024

Nicola Trahan obituary

Member of the French resistance who served as a courier behind enemy lines during the second world war

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2024

Plymouth bomb: device to be detonated tonight or tomorrow, say police – as it happened

Second world war bomb now in the water by Plymouth after its removal from a garden

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024

Defiant Ben Stokes insists England can still win India series despite one of heaviest defeats in Test history

England are 2-1 down after slumping to their heaviest Test defeat in terms of runs since the Second World War

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2024

Mary Berry's childhood home for sale for £2.8 million

The former Great British Bake Off judge lived in the “magnificent” Victorian property in Bath from the age of six to 15, during the Second World War

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2024