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Second World War sacrifices remembered ahead of VE Day 80th anniversary

Sir Winston Churchill’s victory speech, a military procession, a flypast and street parties are part of the build-up to May 8.

Evening Standard

We owe ‘debt of gratitude’ to those who served in Second World War, says Swinney

The Scottish First Minister was speaking ahead of the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Second World War evacuee recalls how family separation ‘changed people’s lives’

Doreen Simson was evacuated to Wales from her home in White City, west London, in 1941 at the age of four but was separated from her older brother.

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My Cypriot grandfather was one of millions of foreign servicemen who fought for Britain. Now I’m telling their stories

The second world war veteran community is far more ethnically diverse than many people realise, with over 3 million foreign servicemen serving with the British armed forces during the conflict.

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Rare Alan Turing wartime papers saved for the nation after export bar

The documents relating to the Delilah project are valued at nearly £400,000.

The Independent UK

Award-winning actors to star in Second World War film released for VE Day

Olivier Award-winning actor Julian Glover will feature in The Next Morning, written by James Graham.

Evening Standard

Veterans recall ‘euphoric’ VE Day celebrations ahead of 80th anniversary

Attendees, aged between 96 and 100, gathered for a tea party at The Ritz to share memories of the historic day.

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Second World War veteran known as ‘the Poppy Man’ made an MBE

George Kelly, 101, was honoured in recognition of more than 40 years of voluntary service to the Royal British Legion.

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Eurostar passengers stranded at St Pancras and Gare du Nord as unexploded WWII bomb halts trains

Eurostar passengers were stranded as trains were suspended between London St Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord after an unexploded Second World War bomb was discovered on the morning of Friday, 7 March.

The Independent UK

Eurostar suspends services after unexploded Second World War bomb discovered

All trains in the Paris to London direction are cancelled until at least 12.09pm.

Evening Standard

Duke tells of ‘grief we feel in our hearts’ on anniversary of Dresden bombing

The Duke of Kent, the late Queen’s cousin, represented the King in Germany and took part in a human chain around the old town in remembrance.

Evening Standard

Duke of Kent represents King in Germany on 80th anniversary of Dresden bombing

The late Queen’s cousin will take part in a human chain around the old town in memory of those who died in the Allies’ Second World War attack.

Evening Standard

For Japanese Americans displaced by war and now wildfire, roots remain elusive

Families whose homes burned in the LA fires recall second world war evacuations and fight to retain connection

The Guardian - US

Second World War veterans urged to register for VE Day and VJ Day events

The anniversaries are in May and August this year.

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The Six Triple Eight review – true story of heroic black women’s battalion fails to deliver

Kerry Washington is the saving grace in Tyler Perry’s plodding drama about the US army corps tasked with clearing piles of undelivered second world war mail

The Guardian - US

The Six Triple Eight review – Tyler Perry’s war movie is another bomb

Kerry Washington hams it up in the writer-director’s stodgy ode to a battalion of women in the second world war who deserve far better

The Independent UK

‘Remarkable’ Second World War veteran to celebrate 100th birthday

Captain Walter Godsal RN, a Burma Star veteran who spent 37 years in the Royal Navy, will turn 100 on December 3.

Evening Standard

Al Murray and James Holland ride through London on Second World War-era ‘tank’

The podcast co-hosts travelled from Westminster to the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth on Wednesday

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Second World War veteran, 99, to travel 4,400 miles to UK over pension freeze

Anne Puckridge, who lives in Canada, is among nearly half a million UK state pensioners whose pensions have been frozen.

The Guardian - UK

Hospitals evacuated in Cologne after discovery of second world war bomb

1,000kg US ordnance to be defused at building site after complex evacuation that also included thousands of homes

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak attend annual Battle of Britain service at Westminster Abbey

The event marked the 84th anniversary of the Second World War victory by Royal Air Force pilots and aircrew.

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Nehru’s First Recruits: A remarkable retelling of an epoch – with one glaring gap

The advent of the post Second World War international order – and the new equations that emerged with it – coincided with the early years of postcolonial India. Perhaps the clearest reflection of the significance that newly independent India placed in navigating external challenges and pursuing national interests, while engaging…

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson accused of airing ‘pro-Nazi propaganda’ on show – as Elon Musk promotes it as ‘worth watching’

Self-proclaimed historian Darryl Cooper claimed Winston Churchill ‘was the villain of Second World War’ and that millions of people ‘ended up dead’ in Nazi concentration camps

The Guardian - US

D-day: Biden calls for supporting Ukraine in struggle against ‘dark forces’

President warns at 80th anniversary that democracy is under greater threat than at any time since second world war

The Independent UK

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.

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