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Inside pre-fab homes meant to last two decades but still being lived in 70 years later

More than 150,000 temporary homes made of prefabricated steel were erected at the end of the Second World War as Britain faced a housing crisis, with dozens still standing

Daily Mirror

Female pilots finally celebrated for crucial role in Battle of Britain

Pioneering female aviators delivered planes wherever they were needed in the second world war – armed with just a notebook

The Guardian - UK

Hershel Williams: WWII veteran and last Medal of Honour recipient

As well as raising the US flag on the beaches of Iwo Jima, the marine was famed for the action he took during the notorious battle

The Independent UK

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Shinzo Abe: Japan’s longest-serving prime minister

The scion of a prominent political family, Abe’s role at the helm of Japan’s domestic politics and international affairs spanned nearly a generation

The Independent UK

The Twilight World by Werner Herzog review – a film-maker’s eerie debut

Herzog draws on the extraordinary story of a real-life Japanese soldier who fought on for decades, unaware that the second world war was over

The Guardian - UK

Meet a real-life angel from the Second World War as she celebrates her 100th birthday in County Durham

Ann Kay was an 'Aycliffe Angel,' the name given to munitions factory workers during the Second World War

Chronicle Live

WW2 veteran 'thrilled' after receiving letter from Nicola Sturgeon on 103rd birthday

A SECOND World War veteran has said he is “absolutely thrilled” after receiving a letter from Nicola Sturgeon on his

The National (Scotland)

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Nazi guard, 101, jailed for five years for serving in concentration camp

The former guard was found guilty of serving in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Second World War

The Independent UK

Government suffers first by-election double defeat since 1991

A double by-election loss for a government is so rare in British politics that it has now happened only seven times since the Second World War

Wales Online

Baby-Faced Killers: Author Claims Up To 4,000 British Schoolchildren Were Trained As WWII Assassins

A historian and author of a new book claims up to 4,000 British schoolchildren were trained to become assassins by Britain’s MI6 secret service during the Second World War.

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Windrush generation ‘moved to tears’ as monument unveiled in London

Basil Watson’s sculpture at Waterloo station celebrates pioneers who arrived in Britain after second world war

The Guardian - UK

The world will never be safe if we turn our backs on Ukraine, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has urged western leaders to prepare for a protracted war in Ukraine or risk “the greatest victory for aggression in Europe since the Second World War”.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson warned his threat to quit human rights treaty risks stability in Northern Ireland

All European states except Russia and Belarus are signatories to the convention drawn up after the Second World War

The Independent UK

The Standard View: Five years and still no justice for Grenfell

It was five years ago this morning that Londoners awoke to news of the worst residential fire in Britain since the Second World War.

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‘We are destroying our future’: New Yorkers join gun reform protests

The march kicked off at Cadman Park Plaza, where a memorial honors Brooklynites who served in the second world war

The Conversation

D-Day: The politics involved in how war should be memorialized and remembered

Villages and towns along the Normandy coast will fill with visitors this week to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6. Flags will fly to welcome and acknowledge those who fought in the Great Crusade. Over the summer, hundreds of commemorations will take place to mark…

The Conversation

Will the exodus of Ukrainians surpass the Second World War's refugee flows?

In a recent news release, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) counted more than 100 million people globally who have been displaced and forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution.

Edinburgh Live

Drone footage explores Edinburgh’s abandoned coastal defences from the Second World War

A video uploaded to YouTube shows drone footage as it flies over the Forth - exploring the islands of Cramond and Inchmickery, two of Edinburgh's coastal defences during the war.

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The Conversation

Western countries demand Russia follows international law – so why don't they?

With a passion that recalls the aftermath of the Second World War, politicians and commentators are demanding a global order that takes seriously the rules of the United Nations Charter — notably on respect for sovereignty and fundamental human rights.

Daily Mirror

Ghost village where everyone fled just before Christmas - leaving only a chilling note

The village of Tyneham near the Dorset coast was evacuated during the Second World War to be used as a military training camp and the residents spent years fighting to return.

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin mulls Nuremberg-style trials based on second world war tribunals

Russia to seek to justify invasion of Ukraine by staging show trials of war prisoners, conflict scholars fear

The National (Scotland)

Relatives of Scottish Second World War hero pay emotional first visit to his graveside

THE FAMILY of a Scottish serviceman who was killed during a German U-boat attack during the Second World War have paid an emotional first visit to…

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson defends Partygate boozing and jokes alcohol in No10 helped win WW2

Boris Johnson joked to backbenchers that 'we may not have won the Second World War' if drinking had been banned in Downing Street, according to a Tory source

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson dismisses booze ban in No 10 after Gray findings

The Prime Minister told Tory MPs that Britain may not have won the Second World War if there had been a booze ban.

France 24

Cannes 2022: Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa on the lessons of history

Is it ever morally acceptable to exploit civilians as a weapon of war? That's the question at the heart of Sergei Loznitsa’s latest documentary, "The Natural History of Destruction". The Ukrainian filmmaker tells us how, on February 24, his country was thrust 80 years into the past as the Russians…

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