All news on the topic: World War 2

Windrush generation tell of initial struggles to settle in an uncertain Britain on 75th anniversary of arrival of first wave of Caribbean migrants

Child of the Windrush generation, Estephanie Dunn, calls for the doctors and nurses who arrived 75 years ago to help Britain to be honoured by creating real change now

Despite living in Britain for decades, some of the Windrush generation lost their jobs, were refused medical care or even faced deportation threats because they lacked the proper documentation

In the face of this growing disaster, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has acted like a rabbit transfixed by the headlights of a super truck

The coin's designer Valda Jackson was born in Jamaica and moved to England in 1964 and pays tribute to the many British Caribbean and Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation

Joan Thompson toasted an impressive 103 years this month and spoke of a long and interesting life that saw her witness a bombing during World War II and work in secret intelligence in the RAF

The passengers were workers who came here to find a better life, who responded to the post-WWII call of the mother country, and who deserve to be celebrated for all of their achievements

The historic picture showed families relaxing on the sands in Cornwall in 1943, yet there is an apparent imposter on the crowded beach which social media users claimed was 'proof' of time travel

The former soldier, 99, died in his native Wales but will be laid to rest at famed US military cemetery after spending most of his life in the States

The Labour Shadow Health Secretary's searingly honest book, One Boy, Two Bills and a Fry Up, charts his journey from the East End to Cambridge University and Westminster

The son of Věra Škodová chokes back tears as he sees the sculpture of his mother as a young woman finally pieced back together as it once was

A new video shared on social media amassed over 15,000 likes and shows a user claiming that his grandfather might be a time traveller and is holding something he claimed might be an iPhone

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

Anyone hoping to visit the 'secret' Dorset beach would have to walk through the abandoned village of Tyneham to their sandy destination - which was evacuated in World War Two

Huge bombing campaign that could have cost 20,000 civilian lives was abandoned when Allies decided to focus on Sicily invasion instead

Only 36% of 18-34-year-olds feel it is important to have a good knowledge of the global conflict - with two-thirds unaware which countries emerged victorious

The Line of Duty and Trigger Point actress had no idea what her grandfather Ralph had been through as a young soldier in Normandy until the making of a new ITV documentary

WW2 Flight Sergeant Peter Brown died alone at home in Maida Vale, London, in December aged 96 but an appeal to find his family resulted in hundreds of people attending his funeral

The Prime Minister tried to shrug off responsibility for the decision over how money is spent, saying: "My job is not to second guess the decision that our military chiefs are making"

A complaint from a tailor's customer about trousers that tear to easily led to a business partnership that changed popular clothing forever

Ten cemeteries across the country are part of 'War Graves Week' which starts on Saturday. The project has been organised by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Wilf George, 63, was part of the last Halifax team to win the Challenge Cup when they beat St Helens - who they face in the sixth round on Friday - at Wembley in 1987 and he still gets stopped in the street in the rugby-mad West Yorkshire town

The previously unseen images offer a glimpse of day-to-day life for troops in the ­secretive special forces unit

Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey revealed his plans to sign a new defence concord with Berlin within weeks if Labour gets into power

Sergeant Wilfred Ibbotson was among the crew from 617 Squadron RAF that carried out audacious raids on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany’s Ruhr Valley