All news on the topic: World War 2

The King was undertaking a walkabout at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin when he came across a number of well-wishers who were wearing ‘Burger King’ crowns given away by the fast food giant

Darren Lewis is disgusted by the cheap jokes from the Live at the Apollo star, punching down at the lives lost, misery and misfortune, and thinks the comedian needs to rethink his material if he wants to keep any kind of audience

Flight Sergeant Peter Brown is believed to be the last of the so-called 'Pilots of the Caribbean' to fight in World War Two, with an appeal for mourners proving far more popular than anticipated

Tracey Curtis-Taylor is a ­thoroughly modern adventurer who has flown from South Africa to England, from England to Australia, and crossed America - all in in an open cockpit Boeing Stearman

On March 24 1943, Flying Officer Raimund Sanders Draper steered his fighter away from their school when his engine failed after take-off and stayed in the cockpit to make sure it didn’t hit the school

Orchids, wild garlic, primroses, bluebells, cowslips and violets are just some of the wild flowers which can be found in different spots across the UK when spring arrives

A heartbreaking appeal has been launched to find mourners to attend the funeral of Peter Brown - one of the 'last black' WW2 heroes who died alone in his flat

In emotional scenes on the BBC One hit The Repair Shop, Maria Kirk brings in the creased, cracked and discoloured 19th century Madonna and Child

The Pub Landlord turned history buff Al Murray says the war in Ukraine "is a direct product of WW2”

Rob Rinder opens up about the heartbreak and pain following his relative's journey to escape the horrors of the Holocaust in his new BBC Two documentary, The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories

Built in 1859, the Welsh waterside building on the edge of the Milford Haven estuary has largely fallen into disrepair, and is now on sale for a bargain £190,000

Madge Brown has graduated from the University of London 81 years after she left the now defunct Nonington College - where her PE course was not recognised as degree level at the time

The bombshell letter was unearthed by historian Alexander Larman in the royal archives while researching for a new book on the abdicated King Edward VIII and his love of fascism

Lisa Hume Lutman, whose great uncle Allen Hudgins was lost on the USS Albacore aged just 19, has shared her heartbreak as her the missing submarine has finally been found

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

To celebrate International Women’s Day, both Mildred, now 99, and Marie, 96, share their memories of cutting their education short at teenagers to help defeat the Nazis

Harry Leslie Smith would have turned 100 this week and, as Ros Wynne-Jones writes, all of us who loved him miss his wisdom as Britain confronts one of the most challenging periods since his own childhood

It always starts with words - threats, excuses, lies and false accusations, writes Paul Routledge, and it needs more than Boris bullsh** to sustain public support

Nine in ten Brits say they are 'clueless' when it comes to the historic conflict - with a third not knowing Sir Winston Churchill was the wartime Prime Minister

The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign

Jan Glazewski dug up the silver treasure buried as his family fled World War Two using a treasure map drawn by his own father, Gustaw

A US Navy submarine used in World War 2 has been located off the coast of northern Japan using underwater remote controlled vehicles, after its disappearance in 1944

The Royal Navy viewed female staff as typists and car drivers but head of the Women’s Royal Naval Service Vera Laughton Matthews had been recruiting the cream of the crop

The orphanage was first built in 1899 to house the children of Scottish sailors killed at sea. But years later it stands abandoned and has now been put on the market for £2.45million

Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer said it is "only right" that nuke deterrent veterans are supported and recognised, and in the coming weeks can apply for Nuclear Test Medals