Second World War

Red Army tank drivers on a street in the city of Rakov, Poland

1939: When Poland was torn to pieces

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10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Churchill’s secret Second World War warriors

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Quiz Test your knowledge of WW2 history

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Amazing history pictures: Hitler in disguise

Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

Britain’s fight for survival: Fortress Britain 1940

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Top 10 Second World War podcasts

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Hitler’s jazz band: how the Nazis used swing as propaganda

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Kathryn Ferry, UK seaside expert in Hastings, East Sussex

History explorer: The interwar holiday revolution . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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James Bond and Vichy France . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A Why did HMS Hood sink so quickly in 1941?

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10 tips for surviving on the home front during the Second World War

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The World War Two French resistance and British holidays . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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10 amazing Punch magazine sketches from 1859 to 1981

American assault troops debark from their landing craft at a beachhead on D-Day. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Q&A D-Day: How did a weather forecast change the fate of the war?

A nurse on the French Eastern border treats a wounded soldier during the First World War. (Photo by Roger Viollet/Getty Images)

Pain through the prism of war