The Latest Breaking News from the Second World War

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

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

The newly relaunched Rick’s, at the iconic Taj Mahal, New Delhi, draws its inspiration from the academy Academy Award-winning classic. Like in the film, where the protagonist Rick Blaine creates a sanctuary offering respite from the chaos of the Second World War, Rick’s aims to be a refuge for its…

Lucy Caldwell scooped the £25,000 prize for her novel These Days set during air strikes on Belfast during the Second World War.

Silvio Berlusconi, who has died at the age of 86, was born into a middle-class family in Milan, a city heavily affected by the second world war. He attended a private school belonging to a religious order, and eventually graduated with distinction in law in 1961, specialising in advertising contracts,…

Letter: Mary Scobie’s mother learnt from the nuns at her convent school how to make the most of limited rations during the second world war

Cases haven't been this high since the Second World War

With gonorrhoea diagnoses the highest on record, and syphilis the highest since just after the second world war, sexually transmitted infections are seemingly on the up across England with some surprising areas recording the sharpest increases in infections

The number of diagnosed cases is at the highest level since just after the Second World War

The Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina was opened in 1965 to commemorate the Yugoslav partisans of Mostar who were killed during the second world war

The facility, discovered Anda in Heilongjiang province, was manned by the notorious Unit 731 in the Second World War who conducted vile experiments on Chinese prisoners