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Watch | Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?

The atomic bomb can destroy an entire city in seconds. In the early 1940s, scientists were secretly working on a project to build a nuclear bomb that would end the second World War. Leading the team was Robert J. Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist. Oppenheimer was a visionary, and a…

The Hindu · Jul 29, 2023

'A weather-map of popular feeling': how Mass-Observation was born

On August 29 1938, in the build-up to the second world war, a now-defunct London newspaper asserted that Europe was tensely watching the crisis over Czechoslovakia unfold. But how could a newspaper know what a population was feeling? What if some people, even lots of people, were tensely watching “the…

The Conversation · Jul 27, 2023

Helsinki 1952: Summer Olympics at the height of the Cold War

From 19 July to 3 August 1952, the Finnish capital Helsinki hosted the 15th Summer Olympics, the first games of the modern era. The world's biggest sporting event after the Second World War took place at the height of the Cold War and marked the beginning of East-West rivalry.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 26, 2023

Police station closed after ‘Second World War hand grenade’ handed in

The Explosives Ordnance Disposal is heading to the scene, police said.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023

Nottingham celebrates the Windrush Generation with events across city to mark 75th anniversary

Events are taking to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first ship carrying Caribbean families to the UK to help fill the need for more workers after the Second World War

Nottingham Post · Jun 22, 2023

Download our latest e-book: 75 years of Windrush

June 22 marks 75 years since the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush at London’s Tilbury Docks. Many were veterans of the second world war, invited to Britain to help rebuild. They brought with them a rich culture, shaping the future of British music, sport, literature and much more.

The Conversation · Jun 21, 2023

Zelensky seeks to recruit army of CEOs to rebuild Ukraine after Putin’s destruction

Volodymyr Zelensky sought on Wednesday to mobilise an army of top bosses to rebuild Ukraine in the biggest reconstruction effort since the Second World War.

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2023

83p razor 'used in the Second World War' said to give the smoothest Summer shave without cuts

"Best shave I have had and I have tried many a razors which not only cost a small fortune but always left me with razor burns. It just glides across the skin."

Manchester Evening News · Jun 19, 2023

Why did it take a murderous war on Ukraine for Germany to wake up to the threat from Russia?

The invasion has plunged Germany into an agonised debate about its history – this process is only just beginning, writes historian Helene von Bismarck

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter Sir Ben Helfgott dies aged 93

Helfgott was one of 732 child survivors who came to the UK to rebuild their lives after the Second World War.

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023