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Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK

Wales faces the worst food crisis since the Second World War

Farmers are leaving fields unsown, massive cost pressures are building in the system - the repercussions will be felt for years

Wales Online

Judge Rinder compares Ukraine refugee crisis to Second World War

TV star is currently in Poland reporting on the conflict between Ukraine and Russia

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TV star Mariella Frostrup backs our appeal and says: Dig deep

Another star of the entertainment industry has backed our Evening Standard Ukraine Appeal, as the number of people fleeing the Russian invasion approached three million in what has become Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War.

Evening Standard

Why Russian attacks on innocent Ukrainian citizens will probably intensify

In 1942, a citizen of the southern Soviet Union city of Rostov-on-Don recalled its bombardment, documented in the book Rostov Under the Shadow of the Swastika by Vladislav Vyacheslavovich Smirnov:

The Conversation

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK

Nato: the western alliance which protects the security of Europe

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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Russian media raises spectre of nuclear attack on Japan

Islands between Russia and Japan have been source of territorial dispute dating to end of Second World War

Wales Online

Ukraine-Russia war: Refugee numbers 'could rise to 4 million in days to come'

More than 2.2 million people have fled Ukraine and officials have been briefed that the crisis is the worst since the Second World War

Daily Mirror

Meet the grandparents trying to escape Ukraine: ‘I lived through the Second World War. And now we have this’

The elderly living in war-torn Ukraine are often unable to leave their homes despite air raids and shelling. David Cohen meets two grandmothers who, with the help of their daughters, managed to reach the Polish border

The Independent UK

Dad's desperation to help his mum-in-law flee Ukraine

“My wife said to me she doesn’t want her mother, who was born during the Second World War, to die in another war"

Liverpool Echo

How a makeshift PoW chapel from WWII continues to connect Ukrainians and Britons

On the outside, it is a shabby corrugated iron hut. But 70 years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, this small shed in a rural southern corner of Scotland became a place of worship for a group of devout Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs). Today it operates…

The Conversation

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK

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Vladimir Putin points to history to justify his Ukraine invasion, regardless of reality

Vladimir Putin’s interest in history is well known. He has accused Poland of starting the Second World War. He maintains that the Soviet Union liberated the western world from Nazism and any discussion over that view is “historical revisionism.”

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

The Independent UK

More than 1.5 million flee Ukraine in Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since Second World War

UN refugee agency chief says a million people fled the country in the first seven days of Russia’s invasion

The Independent UK

Gail Halvorsen: ‘Candy Bomber’ who dropped sweets for East German children

The pilot’s act of kindness helped inspire a mission that resulted in thousands of sweets being dropped into the beleaguered country

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The Independent UK

Jewellery belonging to Dame Vera Lynn to be sold in charity auction

The singer captured the hearts of the nation during the Second World War.

Wales Online

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

The Independent UK

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.

Daily Mirror

'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

Irish Mirror

Spain holidays: Travel latest for Irish tourists as no-fly zones discussed amid Russia-Ukraine war

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to the largest military action on the continent since the Second World War

The Independent UK

What is Nato and why was it formed?

Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh's imposing Second World War gun islands built to protect city from Nazis

The Forth of Firth has twelve small islands scattered around the coast but it might be surprising for some to learn that they were turned into defence fortifications during the world wars.

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