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Anne Frank’s school friend reveals life under Nazis

A new documentary on the National Geographic Channel has revealed the story of Nanette Konig, one of Anne Frank’s school friends who know Anne and…

What is was like to be a Nazi wife during World War Two

Nazi

Derek Niemann recalls what it has been like to live with a Nazi in his family, as his grandmother married a senior SS officer who…

Moscow Engines of Victory exhibition showcases World War Two hardware

Engines of Victory

Moscow has been reminiscing the World War Two comradeship of the US and then Soviet Union this week, regardless of current tensions between the two…

Biggest World War Two battleship, the sunken Musashi, located near Philippines

Musashi

70 years after the end of World War Two sunken Japanese battleship the Musashi has been located in the Sibuyan Sea off the coast of…

Finnish volunteers continue to find World War Two dead

Finnish volunteers

A team of Finnish volunteers working to retrieve the remains of World War Two military troops has recovered around 80 Finnish soldiers from the Russian…

Chicago D-Day veteran receives French Legion of Honor

Legion of Honor

A World War Two veteran who took part in the D-Day landings has been honored by the French government with the Legion of Honor at…

D-Day landing meteorologist dies at 98

A British meteorologist who helped to predict weather forecasting ahead of the World War Two D-Day landings has died at the age of 98. Lawrence…

World War Two Lancaster crash site to be excavated in Germany

German authorities are trying to find the family of a World War Two crewman who crashed in Germany. Gordon Grogan was a radio operator aboard…

US World War Two internment and prisoner exchanges revealed

When the US entered World War Two after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, the US responded in many ways and one was the…

Duchess of Windsor Ordered her Swimsuit Rescued in WWII

In the run-up to World War Two, it is well-documented that the abdicated king of England, Edward VIII, and his new American-born wife, Wallis Simpson,…

British World War Two veteran in fight for old age care

old age care

96 year old Robbie Clark of Burnt Oak in North London is fighting a battle with his local council to ensure he can remain in…

The Great Retreat of World War One remembered

During World War One, the retreat from Mons, also known as the Great Retreat, was the Allies’ retreat to the River Marne, at the end…