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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

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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

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 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

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

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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

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.

The Independent UK

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

Wales Online

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.

The Independent UK

'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

Daily 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

Irish Mirror

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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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.

The Independent UK

‘A dark day for Europe’: How UK newspapers reported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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

Daily Mirror

'Vladimir Putin is doing exactly what Hitler did when he invaded Poland in 1939'

Author Dr Robert Lyman says 2022 is the most dangerous year in Europe since the end of the Second World War. He says parallels between Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler are uncanny

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon warns Ukraine invasion could be 'most dangerous moment since Second World War'

The First Minister led Scottish political leaders at Holyrood today in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calling for severe sanctions against the Kremlin.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine: UK must turn rhetoric on Russia into action in ‘critical moment’, says Sturgeon

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

Wales Online

Alan Turing celebrated by National Lottery during LGBT+ History Month

LGBT+ icon Alan Turing helped decipher codes from the Nazis during the Second World War.

The Independent UK

Sturgeon: UK must turn rhetoric on Russia into action in ‘critical moment’

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

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's childhood explained - from 'miracle baby' to power-crazed president

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

Evening Standard

Johnson announces sanctions as West responds to Putin

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 Independent UK

Johnson concedes sanctions ‘may not be enough’ to prevent war in Ukraine

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

Leeds Live

The Leeds village made from wooden houses imported from Sweden 70 years ago

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

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