Second World War

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B-17 bombers make their way to England to aid the British in WW2, April 1942. (Photo by Getty Images)

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German submarine on mission in the Atlantic ocean, 1942/1943 (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)

World War Two’s secret heroes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Einstein on the run

Einstein on the run: when the brilliant scientist fled to England

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Oskar Schindler, who prevented hundreds of Jews from being murdered in the Holocaust

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Few war leaders have been more profoundly steeped in history than Winston Churchill, who drew inspiration from his ancestor – and one of Britain's most celebrated generals – the Duke of Marlborough (left). (Images by Getty Images/Bridgeman

Sending history into battle: the lessons that war leaders have tried to learn from the past

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British writer Roald Dahl

Second World War

Roald Dahl 11 things you might not know about the children's author

A young American woman gazes at a human skull, sent to her by a boyfriend during WW2

Opinion: Midway’s treatment of the Japanese enemy highlights the power and limits of empathy

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The American aircraft carrier USS Yorktown is being bombed in the Battle of Midway, June 1942. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)

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'Yorktown' sustains a hit during the battle of Midway. The US aircraft carrier sank three days later but, by then, the Japanese had accepted that their attempt to land a war-winning blow had failed. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

How miraculous was the battle of Midway?

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It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)

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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi.

The WW2 obsession: why the world can’t move on from 1945

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Podcast Website Large Helen Fry - WWII Intelligence

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British journalist Tom Wintringham (1898–1949), the candidate for the Christian Socialist Commonwealth Party. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Henry Hemming.

Fake news in World War Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.