The Latest Breaking News from WW2

The king of military sims finally goes to WW2 with Arma 3's Spearhead 1944

Just when I think I'm out...

PC Gamer · Jul 10, 2023

"Polish TV Station Investigated Over Holocaust Scholar's Claim Poles Did Little to Help Jews in WW2"

Daniel Tilles at Notes from Poland ("founded in Kraków in 2014 by Stanley Bill, Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge") reports: Poland's broadcasting regulator has launched proceedings against the country's largest private TV network, American-owned TVN, following remarks on air by a leading Holocaust scholar,…

Reason · Apr 24, 2023

WW2 veteran with no surviving relatives celebrates 105th birthday with 3,000 cards

A charity appeal saw thousands of strangers send Ernest Horsfall birthday wishes

Wales Online · Apr 21, 2023

'I found my long-lost sister 75 years after I was adopted at the end of WW2'

Sheila Fry and Annie IJpelaar were both trying to solve a 75-year-old mystery countries apart, but an at-home DNA test finally reunited the long-lost sisters after they were separated in the aftermath of WW2

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023

Man left shell-shocked after bomb squad called over WW2 shell he took home from beach in his pocket

Wayne Boyle was 'chipping away' at the ammunition before realising what it was

Manchester Evening News · Mar 6, 2023

Police dispose of unexploded WW2 shell in Mourne Mountains

The shell was found by a member of the public on Sunday afternoon on Slieve Binnian

Belfast Live · Feb 13, 2023

Heart-warming moment veteran goes swimming for first time since surviving sinking ship during WW2

Roger Roberts enjoyed his first dip in 80 years thanks to the care home where he lives

Wales Online · Jan 18, 2023

German submarine lying off Ayrshire coast gave up enemy's greatest WW2 secrets

The U-boat's last mission played a pivotal role in Britain winning the war.

Daily Record · Dec 27, 2022

Lid lifted on incredible story of WW2 couple laid to rest in Ayrshire war grave

Plucky pilots Douglas and Margaret Fairweather were dedicated to their roles during WW2.

Daily Record · Nov 28, 2022

Veterans 'dizzy with hunger' forced to sell war medals to put food on the table

One WW2 hero told the Mirror the "dark days" are still here for his generation, on the 104th anniversary of Armistice Day yesterday. Jack Mortimer, 99, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, fought for the freedom of his country on D-Day aged just 20

Daily Mirror · Nov 11, 2022