The Latest Breaking News from World War 2

'Unsinkable Sam' the Nazi cat who survived sinking of the Bismarck and war at sea

Wartime often provides us with some curious myths and legends and none are perhaps stranger than that of Unsinkable Sam. Sam was a World War 2 cat supposedly sunk three times in battle

Daily Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

Five years on from Grenfell we locals need justice now

It is five years today since the tragic night when the North Kensington community witnessed the biggest civilian disaster of its kind since World War 2. But it is almost six years since Francis O’Connor wrote the now infamous “Playing With Fire” piece on the Grenfell Action Group blog and…

Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2022

Vladimir Putin has killed more in Ukrainian city than Hitler did during WW2, mayor says

In the besieged port of Mariupol, Vladimir Putin has killed twice as many people as Adolf Hitler during World War 2 but "he will not stop at Ukraine", says the city's mayor

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2022

Peaky Blinders film date, which characters will appear and tantalising plot leaks

Tonight's final ever episode of Peaky Blinders is not the end as a film is already in the works - but will Tommy Shelby appear and which new actors are being lined up for the previously 'untold' World War 2 storyline

Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2022

Dramatic pictures show UK's 'Anthrax Island' go up in flames amid huge blaze

Gruinard island is known to many as ' Anthrax Island' and was contaminated during World War 2 when it became a testing site for biological weapons

Daily Mirror · Mar 27, 2022

From Barack Obama to Shashi Tharoor, how authors-public intellectuals reacted to Russia Ukraine war

The world woke up to the shocking news of Russia invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022, escalating the conflict between the two neighboring countries. Reacting to the news of the invasion, which is said to be one of the worst attacks in Europe in 77 years since World War 2,…

The Times of India · Feb 25, 2022

Suspect who betrayed Anne Frank to Nazi identified, claims new book

Anne Frank, who is best known for chronicling the harsh realities of the lives of Dutch Jews hiding from Nazis in her personal diary, is one of the most prominent faces of the tragedies of World War 2. And now, over 77 years since her death, the suspect who betrayed…

The Times of India · Jan 19, 2022