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Let’s commemorate D-day – but not how Nigel Farage wants us to

The second world war is not fodder for the culture wars. We owe it to those who fought to keep it that way, says author Luke Turner

The Guardian - UK

'D-Day needs to remind us of the horror of war,' historian says

Commemorating D-Day is crucial to remind us of the horror of war. That's the view of an historian who has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the fears that we are in a pre-war period with the threat of a third world war, and that this week's commemorations should be a…

France 24

Australians remembered for role in D-Day landings

Australian servicemen played a small but important role in the D-Day landings 80 years ago, which turned the tide of the Second World War in Europe.

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Best books about the Second World War to read this year

From memoirs and biographies to historical deep dives into the war’s most brutal battles, these are some of the best books about WWII

Evening Standard

Maurice el Médioni obituary

Versatile Algerian pianist and songwriter who transformed the country’s popular music after the second world war

The Guardian - UK

World War II tunnel found in Kanchanaburi

A 35 metre-long man-made escape tunnel built during the Second World War has been discovered in Kanchanaburi.

Bangkok Post

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, wins Oscar for best animation

Master Japanese director wins his second Oscar for story of a young boy searching for his mother during the second world war

The Guardian - UK

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’The New Look’ costume designer on recreating Christian Dior’s seminal silhouettes

‘The New Look’ on Apple TV+ traces the creation of Christian Dior’s defining silhouettes against the backdrop of the Second World War. Costume designer Karen Muller Serreau tells Wallpaper* how she recreated the era

Wallpaper

Nicola Trahan obituary

Member of the French resistance who served as a courier behind enemy lines during the second world war

The Guardian - UK

Defiant Ben Stokes insists England can still win India series despite one of heaviest defeats in Test history

England are 2-1 down after slumping to their heaviest Test defeat in terms of runs since the Second World War

Evening Standard

Mary Berry's childhood home for sale for £2.8 million

The former Great British Bake Off judge lived in the “magnificent” Victorian property in Bath from the age of six to 15, during the Second World War

Evening Standard

Letter: Richard Pilbrow obituary

David Cockayne writes: Many theatres built soon after the second world war in the UK seemed to use the format of the cinema

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - If you can't recall the Second World War and its long tail then you won't get the threat of a Third World War

All we’ve heard about for the last week is a) the fact the British Army is now so small that it couldn’t quite fill Old Trafford, b) the threat of conscription, and C) Gen Z’s total disinterest in fighting for their country.

Evening Standard

One Life: The true story of Jewish heroism behind the Anthony Hopkins tearjerker

In his new film, Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life hero Sir Nicholas Winton, who was made famous in a landmark episode of Esther Rantzen’s BBC One show ‘That’s Life!’. Decades earlier, he facilitated the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Adam White digs into his remarkable story

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Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII

In the Canadian parliament last year, an outcry erupted after 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian Yaroslav Hunka was presented to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a hero of the second world war.

The Conversation

How second world war bomb rubble was used to make 135 football pitches in east London

During the second world war, German forces dropped 28,000 bombs and almost 3,000 V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets on London. Nearly 30,000 people were killed. The damage to the built environment was extensive.

The National (Scotland)

From the wartime Gulag to becoming chair of Hamilton Accies

A NEW book will detail how the former chair of Hamilton Accies survived the Gulag and the Second World War to make a successful life in Scotland.

The Guardian - US

Schindler’s List at 30: Spielberg’s Holocaust drama is as essential as ever

The blockbuster film-maker turned the horrors of the second world war into an Oscar-winning drama that is a public service

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Rena Stewart obituary

Codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world war who translated Adolf Hitler’s will and later became a journalist

The Independent UK

Police appeal for witnesses after Jewish memorial ‘deliberately’ hit by vehicle

It is believed a vehicle drove across a park to hit the tree and memorial plaque honouring Jewish refugees from the Second World War.

The Conversation

The way a sperm tail moves can be explained by mathematics worked out by Alan Turing

Alan Turing might be best known for his work helping to crack Germany’s “Enigma” communications code during the second world war. But he also came up with a theory where patterns can form just through chemical compounds spreading out (diffusing) and reacting with one another. This became known as reaction-diffusion…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Trapped in History by Nicholas Rankin review: The horrors of empire are within living memory

They used to say the sun never set on the British Empire because God wouldn’t trust an Englishman in the dark. And when darkness fell on the empire after the Second World War, that was proven unsettlingly true. While politicians in the post-war period spoke of a “wind of change”…

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Generational tensions flare as Japan faces the economic reality of its ageing baby boomers

In 2024, the youngest of Japan’s baby boomers will turn 75. The boomers are called the “bunched” generation in Japan because they were born in a short spurt in the late 1940s, in the aftermath of the end of the second world war.

The Independent UK

How much money does the US give to Israel, and is there more to come?

Since the Second World War, the US has given more aid to Israel than any other country

The Independent UK

How much money does the US give to Israel, and is there more to come?

Since the Second World War, the US has given more aid to Israel than any other country

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