Second World War

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Second World War

In pictures: The Blitz

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Death camp Britons

Winston Churchill with a bulldog mascot as he leaves the Wanstead Conservative Club in his Woodford, Essex constituency on general election day, 23 February 1950. (Photo by Central Press/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Second World War

Q&A What is the significance of the British Bulldog?

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North Sea oil and the Blitz . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ‘Spruce Girls’ wearing their specially made wooden bathing suits in 1929. (Credit: © Historic Collection / Alamy)

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6 weird inventions in history

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Killing Mussolini . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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When Hitler took cocaine

Ruins of Hiroshima shortly after the dropping of the atomic bomb. (US Air Force/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Timeline: the countdown to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

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12 things you should know about Churchill’s Second World War tunnels under the White Cliffs of Dover

2nd July 1940: A village 'jam depot' organised by the Women's Institute on behalf of the government to use up all excess home grown fruit. Villagers at Lewes in Sussex are busy making jam from redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

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A British sergeant measure the chest sizes of Indian men

Books interview with Yasmin Khan: “By the end of the war, few people in the Raj believed it could continue to exist” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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India at war and mining accidents . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The real King John and the BBC in World War Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A dead German soldier during the Antwerp offensive

The Library Ardennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble

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The Battle of the Bulge and children of the Holocaust . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.