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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.

Several of Friday’s papers compared Mr Putin’s behaviour to that of Hitler in the Second World War

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

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

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…

The Prime Minister said a Russian invasion of Ukraine would lead to the biggest armed battle since the Second World War.

Built to help fight the housing crisis after the Second World War, many of the prefabricated houses still stand to this day

The scale of the military build up is said to be the largest since the Second World War, with footage showing tank drills in the Leningrad region of Russia

Edinburgh locals will be thankful that food rationing during the second world war do not exist these days. Some of the harshest limits on food included one egg every fortnight