World War Two

The Carry On star who helped The Great Escape
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Entertainment & Arts
Posted
6 February
Ex-RAF pilot, 102, flies Spitfire for first time
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Sussex
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5 February
WATCH: Man flies Spitfire for first time aged 102. Video, 00:00:50
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Sussex
Posted
5 February
'I hope we have done these guys justice'
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Derby
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4 February
World War Two secret courier Nicola Trahan dies aged 97
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Wiltshire
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4 February
Airman 'tearful' at TV depiction of failed raid
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England
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4 February
German Luftwaffe watch sold at auction for £3,000
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Oxford
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3 February
How WW2 captives found a glint of light to live
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London
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3 February
V-2 rocket victims from WW2 honoured with memorial
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
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3 February
D-Day veteran-turned artist celebrates 100th birthday
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Somerset
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2 February
Library named after first black BBC radio producer
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London
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2 February
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. Supersonic Nazi Vengeance: V2 Rocket (Part 1) Audio, 36 minutes
In WW2, British intelligence began to hear that the enemy was developing a rocket weapon.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
WW2 Royal Marines veteran dies at 100
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Devon
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1 February
Memorial service takes place for WW2 bomber hero
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Oxford
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31 January
Drama on 4. Exodus to Shanghai. Audio, 44 minutes
Five young people evade the Nazis by escaping to Shanghai.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The Kindertransport refugees who made Britain home
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England
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29 January
Mill developers shocked by scale of Nazi bunker
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Guernsey
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29 January
100-year-old veteran's 'birthday walk' stops traffic. Video, 00:01:10
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Somerset
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28 January
Auschwitz film was 'like Big Brother' in house next to camp
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Entertainment & Arts
Posted
28 January
Letter exhibition recounts WWII act of kindness
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Oxford
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27 January
The Holocaust survivors who sheltered on a farm
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Northern Ireland
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27 January
'An embassy official saved me from the Nazis'
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Manchester
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26 January
The WW2 pilots who became Masters of the Air
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England
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26 January
The top secret mission before D-Day
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25 January