Tag: World War Two

Winston Churchill dies

24 January 1965

Rear-Admiral John Roberts, naval aviator who served in ...

He helped to fight off an invasion of British Honduras in an operation he descri...

Russians celebrate 83rd anniversary of end of Leningrad...

19 January 1943. The Nazi blockade of the city lasted 872 days and claimed the l...

Ukrainian nationalists commemorate WWII-era Nazi collab...

A torch-lit parade was held in the city of Lviv marking the 117th birthday of St...

The carol of peace based on a Biblical massacre

A service broadcast to the Empire concluded with the choir singing the Coventry ...

Ruth Bourne, Jewish veteran of Bletchley Park who worke...

She took on anti-social hours, no prospect of promotion, and an oath of secrecy ...

Flight Lieutenant Jack Dark, navigator and bomb aimer i...

The Pathfinder Force was brought in to improve accuracy and part of Dark’s job w...

Nuremberg trials begin

Twenty-four high-ranking Nazis went on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrociti...