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Battle of the Atlantic 80th anniversary marked with heritage plane flypast

Liverpool hosted a celebration of the Allies’ victory in the the longest continued military operation of the Second World War.

The Independent UK

Rod Kedward obituary

Historian who brought to light the important role of rural communities in the French resistance during the second world war

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Michelle Keegan stars in wonderful period drama Ten Pound Poms

It follows the Brits who migrated to Australia after the second world war. Plus: Dannii Minogue hosts the UK’s first ever gay dating show. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine recap: not a great deal to celebrate for Putin this Victory Day as Ukraine digs in for the long haul

One tank. According to press reports and news broadcasts from Moscow, a solitary T-34 dating back to the second world war was the only tank that trundled past the Russian president as he marked a scaled-down Victory Day on May 9 this year.

The Conversation

60 years of EU-Thai engagement

On May 9, 1950, French Foreign Minister Schuman presented a proposal for the creation of the European Community of Coal and Steel, pooling together French and German coal and steel production -- resources needed to wage war -- under a common high authority, within an organisation open to other European…

Bangkok Post

‘Memorial to all who suffered’: survivors protest wind farm near Japanese American incarceration site

About 13,000 people were held at the Minidoka camp during the second world war. Now, a green energy project threatens the ‘sacred’ place

The Guardian - US

How the end of World War II in Europe is rooted in French city of Reims

On 7 May,1945, the German High Command, led by General Alfred Jodl, signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces and effectively ended the Second World War. The signing took place in a no-frills war room in a school building in Reims in northeastern France.

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Jean Argles obituary

Codebreaker who served in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry during the second world war

The Guardian - UK

Inside secret vaults hidden under historic UK city which are up for sale for first time

Hidden beneath a solicitor's chambers, Hull's secret vaults have a fascinating history and were used to house people escaping the Blitz during the Second World War

Daily Mirror

'The Conservatives have ruined our country. The alternative is a Labour government'

The Government’s mismanagement of the economy has inflicted the steepest fall in living standards since the Second World War

Daily Mirror

Scrapping housing targets will cost renters £200 a year, says Labour

The party said Rishi Sunak’s approach to planning will lead to the lowest rate of housebuilding since the Second World War.

The Independent UK

Anne Frank’s story transformed the world’s view of the Holocaust. This woman kept her family and her diary alive

The diary of Anne Frank — written as she hid with her family and others in the annex of an Amsterdam building while Hitler’s Nazis hunted for Jews in the Second World War — is one of the most widely read books in the world. A new series shines a…

The Independent UK

Australia to prioritise long-range strike capability in defence shakeup

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday his government had accepted the key findings of a review recommending the biggest shakeup of Australia's defence since the end of the Second World War.

Reuters

Easter egg left untouched for 84 years after girl, 9, given it during World War Two

The chocolate egg was given to Sybil Cook in 1939 but with the Second World War looming, her uncle advised her to ration it slowly and savour every morsel

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Untouched Easter egg bought in 1939 to be auctioned

The chocolate egg was given to Sybil Cook in 1939 but with the Second World War looming, her uncle advised her to ration it.

Daily Record

People are only just realising 'vital' reason why street railings have kinks

It turns out that their purpose dates all the way back to the Second World War.

Daily Mirror

Families in UK to light 30,000 candles to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

UK Yom HaShoah remembers the six million Jews killed in The Second World War and sees families light yellow candles - each one marking the life of someone who died

The Conversation

Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds predicted environmental crisis 70 years ago

In Daphne du Maurier’s short story, The Birds (1952), a change in bird behaviour is linked to the impact of technological developments after the second world war.

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The Guardian - UK

Edith Velmans obituary

Other lives: Author of Edith’s Book, an account of her years in hiding from the Nazis in Holland during the second world war

The Guardian - UK

Putin doesn’t want the war to end – he wants to blast us back to the 40s Soviet era

Russia is harking back to the glory days of the second world war, writes the Bulgarian novelist Georgi Gospodinov

The Independent UK

King and Queen Consort to close Germany visit with focus on Second World War

Charles will focus on the Second World War as his three-day state visit to Germany with the Queen Consort draws to a close.

The Week

Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace review: historic adventures in Budapest

Housed in one of the world’s most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings, the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace is the ideal destination to experience Hungary’s capital city, Budapest. Surviving pieces from the Belle Époque era and the Second World War are stashed across its five floors, and from the outside the…

Edinburgh Live

Plans to transform East Lothian Second World War toilet block into a family home

The out-building is thought to have been a female toilet block used by the auxiliary air force during the Second World War. Plans have been drawn up which would see it make way for a family home

Bangkok Post

Righting the wrongs of development

A key issue with which the world community has had to grapple since the end of the Second World War is that of "development", especially from the angle of national and international measures to ensure responsiveness to the rights and needs of the peoples of the land, without discrimination and…

Evening Standard

Who was Marcel Marceau? Google Doodle celebrates French mime artist

Marceau used his skills to liberate Jewish children from Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War

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